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Statement as to the truth and the fact given in my book, to wit, I make 
solemn oath before the notary public of Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, 
Ohio, that I have carefully verified each statement which has been told me 
by others, and the information, that I had given, is from the most reliable 
sources. Having fully done this I leave it to you to judge if I have done 
my duty, and to the people of our country a service in warning the pub¬ 
lic as to the character and influences of Christian Science, a most danger¬ 
ous religion. 


The state of Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, 0. 

I, Evelyn Barret Nora-Gon, having been first duly sworn, say upon 
my oath that the statements and facts thus stated in my new book, contained 
and given by me as my personal knowledge are true, and that the state¬ 
ments and facts as given to me by others I believe to be true and are true 
to the best of my knowledge and belief. 

Signed —Evelyn Barret Nora-Gon. 

Sworn to and subscribed before me this third day of March, 

A. D., April, 1923. 


Samuel 0. Siegel , 

Notary Public. 

My commission expires 7-15-’24. 


Christian Science 


Exposed 


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INTRODUCTION. .He 

The author’s story is searching in its analysis; it has a piercing mean¬ 
ing. It plainly speaks and thinks in terms; it masses its con¬ 
tents with its understanding. I could put my hand on the very shoulders 
of every one of these spirits and call them grafters. I feel perfectly con¬ 
fident that my book will be well received throughout the nation, 
into the far-off east; at all times I speak of suffering humans. I should 
worry about the scorn of politicians, now my enemies. I belong to the 
league of humanity. I have shaken public opinion. There shall be no 
compromise; I have been betrayed. It’s a real jazz, a collection of the 
spirit flappers. It is divided into several well selected acts, buying souls, 
the price you pay, a beautiful reality of character, and power devastating 
Egotism, of their false makeup, the flowing gold, a promise so strange and 
bewitching. They throw off scented flowers. Rogues can be 
found anywhere and everywhere; they have a dominating influence, a real 
humbug mystery, the tragedy of life. A cast and then the shadow. My 
story will satisfy the most exacting; a chuckling expose through my mys¬ 
terious pen, which has traced the outline for my review. While only 
once in a lifetime would my readers ever listen and witness such a real 
drama. 

With this strange mixture, and then the side line, which light is 
cast on Francis Kavanaugh. He talks like Jesus Christ, a tool for political 
machinery, every whisper is heard in Cleveland, on this flavored pri¬ 
vate exchange. Who sounds the warning of the breaking point while I list 
in my review the offenders, while I make an appeal to our country for 
assistance? A profound attention has marked my time and as I look mar¬ 
velously about, a reflection from the mirror. I could see John Palmer. I 
felt sure of myself. Nature accepts mistakes. I feel confident that I 
must make sure and assume the role of this remarkable description of 
Kavanagh, making peace with his Mother God, which the author has 
recorded in her book. 

I shall leave my pen as a remembrance, in the hope of tomorrow. 

The author portrays the mist before your eyes, although there is a 
definite understanding of character in this spirit life. It has a defined con¬ 
sequence leading the way for the truth. My book shows how one is de¬ 
coyed into trouble; it is easy to fasten upon the author’s theme, how one 
becomes absorbed in the search of health. Then they fall the victims of 
Christian Science. I promise a complete story of life’s history from the 


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beginning to the end. In this interviewing of criminal plots, a vast 
decency to destroy life in my review, I try to untangle the great mys¬ 
tery, a delicate experience at the price of human life. I surely found 
what I was looking for. There were many secret places for human pas¬ 
sion of free love. Truly, there was no absence of mind over matter. 
Every office represented prosperity, all agog for the opportunity. It was 
only the time, the place, and the man, in which all laws of decency were 
being broken. This endless chain is the unique system of Christian Sci¬ 
ence, a foundation club, a better understanding of the divine truth. 
However, I continued to find my hidden jewel, indeed, plenty of romance, 
as I ventured into the field of hope. I became one of these spirit boys 
and girls; it was an impressive moment. I did not know when the bomb 
might explode. I was always ready for any emergency. After many leaps 
into the darkness, I became acquainted with the spirit boys and girls, 
by quick action. I sensed my way across; all was well, a delightful 
tour. I never wished to enter into lengthy discussions as I played the 
leading role in my review. It was a real interplay; detectives were hit¬ 
ting my trail, and with a keen intuition which marked my advance, I 
expelled the self expression of guilt many times. I whispered to myself, 
“My hour is growing late, I'must reach the goal. ” I was collecting for 
my rare book a treasure. I was seeking from the inside the real 
characters, the real flapper girls of Christian Science. Slowly and care¬ 
fully, I accomplished the results. Truly, it was a wonderful demonstra¬ 
tion, a remarkable success in my review. Many times I had a warning 
from the Police Department to keep a close watch on the Christian Sci¬ 
ence traitors, although I knew I was despised, sometimes cursed for my 
activities against this organized band. 

It was I who was to make the first blow to right the wrong. With 
only a glimpse into the Christian Science monopoly, the mask was off. 
Constantly, I was being tantalized by Kavanagh, and Palmer, the real 
tigers, the political fixers and go-betweens. I muttered to myself, “Cling 
steadfastly to the truth and journey on.” I will find my gem in the field 
of hope. 

My title has many curious facts which daily enter into my story. 
I have developed my personality and my ideas. My darkest hours have 
passed, the daybreak is near at hand, as the birds sweetly sing in the 
good old summer time. 

I listened to the spirit friend John, singing, “Take me back to 
Oklahoma, where I may rest in peace.” And as the curtain of mystery 
is lifted, who appears but my friend Francis Kavanagh. He chimes in 
and says, “I have only been dreaming.” As my readers will realize in my 


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new book, they will feel that they are in direct communication with the 
lady author. I don’t want you to feel strange about me, I am your 
friend. Waste no time, I pass this way but once. 

Am I making history for the next generation? I deeply appreciate 
the sympathy of all my friends in the sad and untimely death of my 
dear one. 

Friends, I am only sending home to you this message in advance, 
that you may not fall by the wayside. My aims are to arouse every 
Christian person, as this pendulum swings to and fro, by the warning 
of Christian Science. The enemies are upon us through this reign of 
terror. I pin my faith upon God, and may our dreams be realized to a 
victory, the historical events of a false religion, and while my new his¬ 
tory is injected into our constitution. Shakespeare once remarked, “We 
fool ourselves more every day than others fool us.” The author has so 
beautifully asserted and so clearly, the vital understanding of safety 
first. My book is open to anyone. I did not theorize on a mental pic¬ 
ture, just human tragedy in life’s review. 

The author’s statement opens a satirically revealing confession into 
the realm of my spirit boys and girls. It presents one of the most 
dramatic shows that has ever been staged under the guise of a religion 
hidden in the four walls of a church. While the lady writer undertakes 
to publicly explain her embarrassment in listening to the ridiculous 
claims from the practitioners of their healing and cures in the horse 
and dog kingdom. When I turn back over my many months of special 
investigation it all seems so funny. 

Each spirit that I visited on my tour was so different. Each person¬ 
ality was indeed very strange. However, they used the same gag meth¬ 
ods of winning poor souls, the science smile, the sweet voice saying, 
“dearie,” and saying that you are God’s perfect child. 

However, I discovered with each practitioner’s name a title, a degree 
of C. S. Some of the women practitioners I found with very coarse 
manners, very semi-classical. “Get behind thee, Satan,” I could hear them 
calling as skilled professionals in the healing world. Dressed in spangles 
and bangles the spirit boys had a clever understanding, a real variety. 
Powdered faces prevailed, beautiful eyes, throwing off that Mother God, 
sounds like a monologue. I could discover the reaction setting in of 
spiritual understanding. 

They would close their deceitful eyes, relax their muscles and then 
their subconscious mind would yield. When the boys undertake to im¬ 
personate the Mother God, complications are sure to arise. I discovered 
scandal in each traitor’s eye. I’m talking somewhat plain English, that’s 


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what it all spells. I found so many Christian Science flappers who were 
practically suggestive and effective. I recall somewhere in my pages that 
Georgia M. McCutcheon h^d related to the w r riter, “It was Eve, who first 
tempted Adam.” No need to ridicule this phase of the question that is 
imderstood in Mother God’s teachings. 

It’s a great gang to join their system, it has taken years to build up 
this financial, public organization. Now comes the great panacea. 

Their Ism is exposed, it can’t be made any different. Like the little 
boy who told William, my chaffeur, “I guess I know where I go to church, 
it’s Christmas Science.” 

They have entered upon a plot to tear down virtue so sacred. In life 
their show is good to look at, and their medium stages the last act. John 
E. Palmer is the real sleuth who furnished most of the detective schemes. 
He’s the right hand man for his sleuth, Mrs. Farier, Kes., 15401 Holmes 
Ave. This divine Oklahoma son, is the child of Mother God. “There 
isn’t a better spiritual man to be found than I am,” said John. The 
Honorable Francis Kavanagh, another of Mother God’s children has 
the lay bill of Christian Science, an irresistible personality, having reached 
the spiritual world. Here’s hoping Francis, that you may join hands with 
your Mother God, Mrs. Eddy, in the next world. 

The author casts a skeptical eye on Francis’ stubborn human trait. 
He tells you he is the Honorable Francis Kavanagh; watch his step, he 
is the thinker, he belongs to the Christian Science Association. 

The author’s pen is the medium by which I have taken a summary sur¬ 
vey to establish my true picture as historical knowledge, a real producer of 
vision, a marvelous picture of life. When I release my new book I shall 
arouse an unusual interest throughout the world, I will witness a human 
tragedy, by the magnets of this political organization. Each poor invalid 
is a customer of this gigantic organization, an organ of commercialized 
graft, a scheme to destroy human life, a financial association with resources 
over millions of dollars. Oh! spiritual climbers, wonderful surprises await 
the spirit boys and girls of that nothing, Christian Science, and by the sac¬ 
rifices of our dear ones, the result shall be accomplished. The devil must 
be conquered at the sacrifice of human life. It’s pathetic, and as I beg 
space, in the far-off land, I summon my strength and courage in com¬ 
municating to the world the saving of human life. I shall always be faith¬ 
ful to the end. My story is a personal appeal and it shall be followed by 
my lectures, and I shall request the prayers of all of our Christian 
people in loaning a hand to this fearless little lady author, and with the 
help of God, let the enemy say to the good Christians, “We have closed 
our evil doors.” Through the death of my beloved one, who gave 


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her blood to save the world, and may my rose forever live in the great 
beyond, and may my prayers be answered that some day I shall meet 
my dear sister. 

And through this great warning to the rest of the suffering human¬ 
ity may it be a lesson to the life which was sacrificed. My sister made a 
brave struggle for life, too late the impressive moment had come. Her 
weakened condition and mind had succumbed to the pleadings of these 
criminals, and may God protect those who are just dabbling with this 
dreadful peril which is sweeping our country. And who will pilot my 
ship as I pick from the shrub the beautiful rose of yesterday, while I 
dream of that false mockery of Christian Science, with a sharp sigh, 
and a tragic silence as I whisper, “Will there be any stars in my crown 

Money realized through the sale of my book shall be given as a sink¬ 
ing fund for each State to suppress the evil of Christian Science. 


CHRISTIAN SCIENCE EXPOSED 


This greatness of fame as illustrated by the inner works of Mary Baker’s 
unusual ability is described by her and her healing apostles as a chartered 
conclusion of this exceptional power by which our human brain is being 
destroyed. 

It is this concentration of thought which thousands of healing practition¬ 
ers teach in their fascinating professional art. 

What a pathetic story to believe in, these false illusions of the Mother 
God, of this false Mary God. Each cult finds it easier to plead innocence 
than to defend itself. Christian Science magnifies until it is thrown into 
spasms of that progical Mary. These quacks remind one of how the Klon¬ 
dike’s great rush was exhibited. 

In the practice of Christian Science healing no license is required to 
kill the people. They are all public peddlers of their profession in mind 
healing. Christian Science has become the authorized sales agency of their 
false claims. To become a flourishing practitioner all one needs to do is 
purchase a line of Mrs. Eddy’s books, secure an office, install a phone and 
look prosperous. People will imagine that you must understand your bus¬ 
iness and from the public’s first impression an opinion is thus formed; you 
are qualified in this popular line; furthermore they do not divulge any of 
the confidential secrets of their healing claims, they make your healing ex¬ 
clusive. Just concentrate, keep your main thought and pulse on the victim’s 
pocketbook and the result is acquired. 

Christian Scientists are the offsprings of a noted old fallen woman. In 
her earlier period of life she was an outcast, no one ever took Eddy ism 
seriously until now. They hold their meetings and devote themselves chief¬ 
ly to violent demonstrations of their religious teachings. They also make 
wonderful displays through their churches of faith. Their main asset how¬ 
ever is this supposed healing power and they put full speed on in order to 
maintain their claims. They have a host of affiliations with different cult- 
isms throughout the United States. They consequently pray for the bless¬ 
ings of their dear leader Mrs. Eddy. She has bestowed upon them the work¬ 
ing of her devilish mind. 

This supreme empress Mary, was the crowned queen of Christian 
Science. Through her shrewdness and conquering power, she being the 
special designated and ordained healing apostle, was idolized as the great 
Messiah and prophet. 


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She played perfectly safe from the eyes of public gossip and she left 
her relic as a remembrance in the star line of the commercialized organiza¬ 
tion of her so-called religious association. It makes our blood boil at the 
thought of this ridiculous wholesale murder. Now that God has called 
home this prophet, are we still to be hounded with the remaining impostors 
of her cult ? 

In their performances, or promises, are we to be misled in their asking 
and seeking of official power ? It is always safe to put our trust in God as 
he always stood for right and justice. The wrongful doing and teachings 
of this corporation are fully supplied by the said by-laws of the mother 
church at Boston, Mass. 

What is this claim of Science, that no one seems to be able to under¬ 
stand? It is now high time that our government finds out just what con¬ 
stitutes their right to practice according to the constitution. 

This newly developed and discovered idea of spiritual healing is a true 
sham of the origin of Christian Science. This everlasting spirit of new 
thought, of divine science is a criminal commercialized body of soul des¬ 
troyers. 

Attention is specially directed to the • splendid opportunity that 
Christian Science affords to the jobless and to the office seekers, because of 
its advantageous supply of money through God, love, and principal and of 
the wonderful blessings that are bestowed upon us through the master 
mind of this sphinx of all power, “God’s Perfect Child.” 

This clearing house for all graft, a survey to which Christian Science 
reveals only the secret services of their healing practitioners is reflected in 
the mirror through the propaganda of God’s appointed Mary. History 
only reveals to us one book and that of the Bible, while Mother Eddy Baker 
published a vast number of religious books, the names of which the author 
gives to the public : 

Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. Price, single copy $7.50 


French translation of Mother God’s book can be purchased for_5.50 

German translation can be purchased for_5.50 

Mrs. Eddy’s Miscellaneous Writings, per copy_5.00 

The First Church of Christ Scientist and Miscellanea. Con¬ 
venient for pocket, single copy_._ 4 .00 

Concordance to Science and Health, copy_5.00 

Concordance to Mrs. Eddy’s Published Writings, other than 

Science and Health, single copy_6.00 

Christ and Christmas, single copy _ 3 00 

Unity of God and Other Writings, single copy, pocket edition_3.50 

Christian Healing and Other Writings, pocket edition __3.50 









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Church Manual—By-laws of Mother Church, single copy_2.00 

German translation___1.75 

Restrospection and Introspection. A sketch of this brilliant 

author, Mrs. Eddy, single copy_1.75 

Unity of God—Rooting out Error and Evil, pocket edition_1.75 

Pulpit and Press—A unique work of that nothing Christian 

Science, single copy-1.75 

No and Yes, marble edged, single copy_1.22 

Yes and No, marble edged, single copy_1.22 

Rudimental Divine Science and No and Yes, single copy, gilt edge—6.10 

Message to the Mother Church, single copy_2.65 

Christian Science versus Pantheism, pebbled edge___1.45 

Messages to the Mother Church, decked edge, paper cover_1.45 

Christian Healing and The People’s Idea of God, gilt edge_1.75 

Christian Healing, paper cover-1.00 

The People’s Idea of God, paper cover, single copy_1.75 

Poems—Includes Mrs. Eddy’s beliefs_8.50 

Feed my Sheep—Mother God’s solo_ .90 

Rudimental Divine Science—A brief and concise statement of 

Divine Science in the form of questions and answers___2.20 

(A particular kind of type is used for the blind). 


Mrs. Eddy says there are no blind, that one who is blind can see. It is 
only a mortal error of mind over matter. However, we discover that Mrs. 
Eddy manufactures a book which she says is specially prepared for the 
blind. This makes us suspicious as to Mrs. Eddy’s prescribed formula of 
healing claim. It is blind lead the blind. Amen. 

Has error any past ? We understand to become a practitioner, to know 
the truth and rejoice over the spirit of the Mother God, we must open our 
pocketbooks to the amount of $87.74 for 27 books, single copies, plus 
$100.00 for a gilt edged diploma. That’s what one must do to overcome 
this fear of error, for yesterday, today and forever, in the spiritual under¬ 
standing of this applied art of mending bones. The lame may walk and 
the blind may see. 

Even the spirits will rejoice when we have the Mother God’s right think¬ 
ing of that one mind, that Christ like mind; while we still seek to know the 
truth in the field of hope. 

Science says: “What I say unto all, watch!” 

The author says: “What I say unto the Christian people I say unto all. 
Watch the devil !” 

We have been warned long ago against the evils of these fake cults and 
the hand made formula of this disguised religion. 


















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Our Christian Science friends tell us, “When ordering these valuable 
books please address all checks to the Christian Science Banking Institution, 
Boston, Mass. 

“Absent treatments can be had upon application.’’ 

Who are these healing cults who seem to have the healing powers of 
the Almighty ? We question these prophets’ power. They put a price on 
Christianity.. They have placed upon the open market their entire uniform 
business system. Their equipment necessary for a full course of class in¬ 
struction in their brotherhood is available at the small price of $100.00, terms 
cash, no deferred payments. 

Featuring this course, one finds companionship in the constant aim to 
keep the home fires burning. One can appreciate these unusual opportunities 
for class instruction in the master mind, inasmuch as their secret society 
possesses a complete outfit for sending and receiving mental messages from 
the mother church at Boston, Mass. 

Distance makes no difference in healing the sick by giving absent treat¬ 
ments. Christian Science has worked the miracle game until now God calls 
a halt. Their reading rooms are provided with attractive furnishings, their 
libraries present every book that Mary Baker Eddy manufactured. 

Scientific understanding is the true life of Christian Science. These 
different degrees are outlined on how to heal the sick through mental, phy¬ 
sical understanding. You need not use mathematics to figure their main 
issue, for they tell you their supply comes through the general way of God, 
Love and Principle, resulting in money, that money is power. That is what 
Mother God used in tempting her followers—obedience to the departed 
Mary, the heroine. The beautiful white granite and marble churches with 
their enormous seating capacity and clear floor spaces stand peer of their 
class. Under the direction of an expert chief, the first leader, a man in 
sheep’s clothing, looks over his flock. He asks the congregation to rise, and 
with his left hand raised, he speaks reverently the words of their dear be¬ 
loved leader, Mary Baker Eddy. 

The silent and absent prayer, such a mockery of Christian religion is 
the faith cure business. They develop control of one’s mind, nerves and 
vision and one is dumbfounded with the promises of healing. One lie af¬ 
ter another is heaped upon you in this strange power. It is hard to imagine 
how any sane brain could believe in the methods of the Christian Science 
operators. They look the subject intensely in the eye for a short time, then 
the poor subject goes into a state of coma such as mesmerism. These ex¬ 
hibits are being daily carried on through the phychic powers of spiritual 
understanding. It is to this deception, this international system of ac¬ 
quired power that every fake healer belongs. They have acquired large 


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estates in the far interior of their closed doors. A business proposition is 
carried on on a large scale by these great Samaritans. The royal master of 
fundamental power is the spirit and soul of the idolized Mary. Abundance 
of prosperity is gained through the Christ-like mind and the Science 
novelty of the divine and everlasting love. 

They claim that disease is a sin for which we suffer, that our degree of 
happiness can only be obtained by the Christian Science thought of ever¬ 
lasting spiritual understanding. We now ask in the name of our Good 
Lord to end this mockery, and may the dove of peace forever hover over 
our Christian land. 



Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, East 105th St. and Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. 

Sued for $100,000 in damage suit for death of author's sister. 

The author asks what about the profiteering in their faith healing 
union, prescribed by the so-called cults, a treatment known to Christian 
Science only ? Their warfare of power has prospered until now comes a 
bursting agency throughout the continent. They offer financial power, 
as the pendulum begins to swing, to their doctrine of healing power, 
as a bait claiming and sowing broadcast that they are the prescribed heal¬ 
ing disciples in this cut-throat practice of faith, advertising the prescribed 
treatment, the devil’s poison in this great universe in the mad rush for gold 
colecting fees. They would salvage even the clothing from one’s poor dead 
body. 

Mrs. Eddy was the sole promoter of this amazing faith cure; she spent 







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years in studying how to fool the people and win the money. Through her 
vast experience and knowledge of hypnotism she became a master of the 
art, buried in the very thought. The toll of death was amazing. Whose 
pen can relate the thousands that have been massacred at the hand of this 
divine spirit? The pleaders of this so-called cult say, “Act now. Don’t 
delay, your success is assured. Get in on time, never before has there been 
such demands for the healing claims of sickness as now. ’ ’ They teach there 
is only one mind and that of the spirit of Mother God. The big item 
is the spirit for making money, which was in concordance to the will and 
owner of this prosperous religion. And while we may repeat the Golden 
Rule “Do unto others as we wish to be done by” Mrs. Eddy’s teachings, 
and version of the golden rule must be “Do those before they do you.” 

That is the issue which is presenting itself in our country today. Science 
says, “Get behind thee, Satan.” 

The woman of mystery and the presiding god of all power, Queen Mary 
has produced experts and specialists for their value in the healing exper¬ 
iences to the tune of their Mother God. 

This selfish understanding is conveyed through the spirit of spiritual 
understanding. Any object of humanity may rise in this wonderful field 
of wealth, the bewitching hour of our poor suffering humanity. The world 
could never have dreamed of such an old unusual hypocrite, nor did God 
intend that any living soul should undo what He has done. In Science we 
must expect to reduce our pocketbooks. 

Little do we realize the abuses of this irrational and unregulated Christ¬ 
ian religion; only through the horrors and tragedy in life do we realize 
the hour is close at hand. I have no hesitancy in believing that one who is 
afflicted with disease is controlled by the mind of a stronger, in subjecting 
themselves to hypnotic powers. 

What is meant by power ? It is the agreement and understanding of 
this spiritual set. Where is the healing ? Who controls this power ? 
Mother God or the Father of this great universe ? Realizing that Christian 
Science is a lucrative and paying proposition, many favorite specials are 
in this wholesale understanding of mental—physical power. The circum¬ 
stances which surround this strange religion has some flavor. He who is 
like the vendor in the street controls the market price. This same practice 
is practiced by the apostles of Christian Science; their price schedules are 
difficult to understand as this mental treatment varies in price owing to 
the condition of the money. They charge five to seven dollars a call which 
is collected for the secret understanding. 

The healing nurses of Christian Science have also a standard price of 
thirty-five dollars per week. They read to the patient that they must have 


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no other Gods before them other than the one God, the Mother God. 

They read over and over again of God’s perfect child and that love is 
reflected in love, the true statement of being, Mrs. Eddy’s translation of 



the Lord’s prayer, repeating, “Get behind thee, Satan” and, that life is 
eternal and encroaching upon human nature. 

A bright light is now being thrown upon this association of self-mastery. 
The fundamental suggestions and conditions of this hypnotic influence are 
hidden in the shadow of this religious power. Brilliant are the experiments 











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of the world’s famous medium, a reflection of the second Christ, and the 
official promotor of the one mind. 

Now comes the breaking point in the faith healing claims of this trans¬ 
formed Christianity. Many problems are confronting us in this twentieth 
century of Christian Science, for example: 

This vivid expression of illusion of mind over matter and the healing 
messages that bring health and wealth and happiness, prosperity through 
the spirit and the qualifications of this recognized dispatcher of schemes, by 
which they were to get dominion over the nation into their spiritual under¬ 
standing. With huge budget system running into the thousands of dollars 
these cults have it for sale, but who has the price to pay for this spirit help ? 
But in lieu of this gigantic organization they have well provided for all de¬ 
fects, having found a haven of rest in their sacred religious association. The 
Salvation Army teaches the true Christian religion in the high ways and 
byways yet they make no charge for their blessings. Why not call back to 
our country the missionaries who are in service and teach these heathen of 
Christian Science the true life? 

No law, no matter how wisely and skillfully drafted has been able to deal 
with this shrewd band of criminal grafters. My Christian people, it is a 
disgrace to have these cults to ridicule and lower the standards of Christ¬ 
ianity. We must be faithful to the end. 

It is a false myth of Christian teaching. Their issue is a religious plea, to 
which they are camouflaging the insincerity of prayer. Their teaching of 
hate and jealousy must be broken. Homes are being destroyed through the 
bitterness and deceitful method of their religious belief. 

Mrs. Eddy sets claim that she has realized there is nothing impossible 
in the spiritual understanding of Christian Science. “Vengeance is mine,” 
sayeth the Lord.” 

These healing fakirs are like the thief; they must make restitution, if 
God is to answer their prayer. They cannot deceive our Christian thinking 
people into any swindling game. 

The thief can escape justice so long, then he must pay the penalty. 
These advocates of this so-called faith are not over-burdened with brains, 
they have no culture and are devoid of principle. They are like the dia¬ 
mond in the rough. 

If one should ask any educational question to the practitioner every one 
would be bored to death; all they know is Mother God’s teachings. It is a 
real collective bargain counter. They are quite hopeful until the end, and 
the unanimous opinion must be to right the wrong now and forever. There 
was only one Creator and his truths are our truths. I have always firmly 


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believed that God created this beautiful world of ours and the people like¬ 
wise. 

We need fear no harm as to the results of our understanding of the Bible, 
if one has his thoughts on the right road. Here comes Christian Science 
which bars all good thoughts of one’s self in their pleading of their Mother 
God. Through their development of their nationally known Society, we 
now must resist the temptation of their evil practices; we are not living in 
the age of barbarism and slavery, we must rally to the bugle call and con¬ 
vert this raw material into a finished product, by making our subconscious 
mind understand this evil teaching. 

We do not say Kaiserism but Eddyism, in this divine constructive 
mental understanding of Christian Science. As the curtain rises the mes¬ 
sengers appear and play the role of the sacred Mary. While their state¬ 
ment purports to be the genuine spiritual OK of all sayings, no doubt in 
many minds there is a question as to the real issue in the false practices 
of this great master mind. While she reaped fortunes out of her idea 
by unlawful methods, yet the government did not disturb her. Christian 
Science reminds one of the definition of the guinea pig. 

“It’s an animal that isn’t a pig, it did not come from Guinea.” That’s 
the same definition as to Christian Science. 

The devil is the uppermost in the hearts and minds of these mental 
thieves. 

These wondering minds have grasped the ability to concentrate, which 
has moved their violent temper to enter some career. They tell us to grow 
rich in thought and become power, to center our minds on the one blessed 
achievement and by holding to the Christlike mind it will develop and re¬ 
veal thousands of dollars, telling and teaching us to cling to the one ideal, 
to be ready to meet any emergency that occasion demands. It is our con¬ 
structive knowledge that makes us prosperous. We must beware of these 
spirits; their pangs still haunt the unforseen. 

In their bidding, the demon still echoes to the same trend of, “Get be¬ 
hind thee, Satan.” This monstrous evil thought is of mortal mind. 

Memories have listened to the eager beliefs and pleadings of this great 
master mind, only to be thrust into an unconscious condition while the 
shrill of these falsehoods and illusions come forth. We now face death and 
as our star fades to the great beyond, shall we be brave unto death ? The 
author discloses the truth to the world of the terrible suffering and sacrifice 
of life. While the basis of this corrupt dealing is a shadow, yet our vision 
presents the picture of the doctrine and mysteries of this high mind of 
Mother God. 

The famous and devoted disciple cherished a wonderful imagination 


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and in conclusion I may say that through her gift, as she claims of God, 
to be able to dope the people through misrepresentation. If she told her fol¬ 
lowers that white was black they could only see the one color in the imagina¬ 
tion of their Mother God. It was only a vision of the dull personality and 
conception of the little old woman, who so specialized in dreams and delu¬ 
sions that has thrown us into tears and we are being swallowed up by the 
tragedy of death. There passes before us the mighty adventuress. She 
had no reverence for our Lord; she is always sublime to the mental condi¬ 
tion, backed by a body of conspirators. Her mind kept revolving, constantly, 
renewing her masterly powers. Through this medium all acts and tricks 
were translated through their Christian Science Organization. 

As Mother God sojourns in hell, for the miserable deeds we cannot forget, 
as we weep beside the graves of our dead ones who died martyrs to her 
teaching. 

God himself would be incensed at such conditions, this broken faith 
which puts a premium upon political power, and force through their 
manipulating. Millions of dollars have been squandered in their massive 
churches throughout the land for that supposed healing of the one mind 
and God’s perfect child. She had an effective preparedness of mastery for 
the money. Her Science seemed superior to Christ; she was the distinctive 
being and the understood mother of this great universe. Divine wisdom 
was used as her guidance and her murderers w T ere barred from the world by 
the strictest secrecy, known as criminal procedure. 

Mrs. Eddy took medicine and had the assistance of doctors for her relief 
when she was sick; then she tells the world that disease is unreal. 

You can enter any Christian Science practitioner’s office; they at once 
size you up very closely, and begin at once to make arrangements to give 
you mental treatment. They diagnose your disease as an error of mortal 
mind, only a claim of supposed sickness. Speaking to you in that half stupor 
they close their eyes and repeat, “All is love, and you are God’s perfect 
child, your claim of sickness is only a sin of which you are suffering. 
Keep up your courage just know, you are in science, truth is eternal and 
cannot be changed.” These are the mental advanced thoughts of their 
healing. They are unable to break the seal and lock the secret of health. 
Wonderful demonstrations they have been able to make on the wounded 
hearts. They array themselves with all the force of imagination, they be¬ 
ing the clinging vine of their Mother God, master to all they survey. 

These mental practitioners have achieved what is known as the high 
spots in the divine power of Christian Science. 

“What’s in it for me” that’s the way the practitioners size up the game. 
Some healing business and power are in the growing shadow. Their hostile 


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methods, interest the writer as it is a grave question. We must size the 
controversy, and fight for principle. They have a very constructive smile; 
they so pleasantly inform us that all is infinite mind. After these prelimi¬ 
naries their mysteries and superstitions flourish. The secret of this miracle 
practitioner is exceedingly simple, yet very effective. We hear the pros- 


superintendent's office 

U.H . KELLOGG, H.O. 



The Battle Creek Sanitarium 
Battle Creek Michigan 


May 1, 1922. 


Mrs. E. C. Kora-Con, 

1863 Crawfordlpt., 

Cleveland, Ohio. 

Uy dear Madam: 

I -thank you very much for sending me a copy 
of the Bulletin of "The Academy of Medicine" of Cleveland 
containing an account of the prosecution of the Christian 
Science practitioner who so shamefully imposed upon you and . 
your family. I am only sorry that there ie not some way in 
which these practitioners can be properly punished for their 
abuse of the public confidence and exploitation of popular 
ignorance. 

Sincerely yours, 

' 0 . 6 

v-m 


perity thoughts which ring out the cry to our poeketbooks. There must 
be a unity of active thinking people to cope with these spirits. We must 
safeguard our people. If we fail what will be the result ? Not a war 
between capital and labor but a religious war. There is no argument against 
the right and justice of this cause. I go on record as believing that the 
proper time has come to rid our country of these evil understandings. 





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There should be no doubt in the minds of our Christian people as to the 
criminal intentions of these healing apostles. 

They bless the mighty dollar. 

This healing trade is applied over the entire universe. Their secret and 
criminal relations are becoming a serious menace. This free love thinking 
has entered into the homes through this illusion of the Mother God and is 
the cause of the domestic difficulty ultimately between husbands and wives. 
They have perfected a clearly worked out scheme to decoy the people. These 
large healing establishments were solely granted to protect the Christian 
Science practitioners, giving them the legal right through their supposed 
religious claims to practice their healing art. 

It was never intended that any cult should judge and lay proof to the 
fact that they were God’s Perfect Children. On the spur of the moment 
these excited healers tell you that we are victims of error. Every breath 
that these so-called healers breathe is filled with deadly germs. They claim 
that they are endowed with certain healing powers. 

Realizing beyond all doubt that justice shall prevail in this Christian 
land of ours, these cults are congenial, they have an unlimited opportunity 
for those whom they interest to enroll in their secret system of metaphysical 
understanding. Through their organized system you have at once become 
able to understand how easy it is to sell your ignorance. 

First you apply the mesmerism to your poor victim; then the world is 
your workshop. They teach us the prosperity thought, to so get ahead that 
we will prosper through the understanding of Christian Science. Mind 
is their main issue, and principle is money. Christian Science system has 
a thorough training in mind salesmanship. To those who can exhibit their 
wonderful powers it means independence; you are your own boss. There 
are no clocks and rules and regulations, only a self determination to win. 
They tell you to stand squarely on your feet. It’s up to us to know how to 
turn the trick of that nothing Christian Science. 

One can double and triple his present salary when he is in the Christian 
Science spiritual understanding. 

The author will give you a thorough understanding of the money back 
guarantee bond system, of their Christian Science Society. They tell you 
first that, we are all God’s perfect children, that our financial supply comes 
through the understanding of the divine mind of the one God Mrs. Eddy. 

This business enables one to travel and visit the foreign waters, it being 
the freedom of one’s life in the science fame. This is simply one phase of its 
attractiveness; the main thing is the fact that Christian Science enables one 
to attain a measure of financial independence, that one cannot hope in this 
ordinary life to prosper without the understanding of Christian Science. 


Christian Science Exposed 


21 


It is, “Make all you can and keep all you get.” This is the spirit of good 
fellowship in the Christian Science association. 

Absolutely no donations are to be given to any charity or institution. 

It is surprising as we journey through this world of ours to know how 
ridiculous it is to listen to the claims of these spirits and healing fakers. 

When the psychological moment has appeared, the healer begins at once 
to demonstrate that fundamental system of spiritualism and hypnotism. 
One becomes so absorbed in their varied trickery that you soon lose yourself 
without discovering the danger involved. When one realizes what has hap¬ 
pened after the spell has disappeared, you have a positive evidence that 
this one mind controls the other through this gifted art of Mary Baker 
Eddy’s understanding, thus the effect of God’s perfect child. 

We must seek to break down this political issue in this great struggle 
to win the fight. We will win, but we must command every effort of 
strength like the Irishman who was walking down the street and found two 
men quarreling. He inquired “Pat, Is this a private fight or can any man 
joinin’’? We are in this war because it is right and just. I shall fight for 

principles upon which all noble deeds are founded. 

We cannot follow the last half century without recognizing that this 
is a Christian cause. It is my hope and prayer that for every sin for which 
Christian Scientists have been guilty, they shall be swept away through 
defeat and destruction. 

When we find mourning in our homes, then by our own sacrifices we 
shall measure the cost of this great struggle and the injustice and the evil 
of this so-called Christian Science. 

The principal practices of these so-called mental suggestions and the 
beautiful character analysis which they develop in one, make their healing 
demonstrations through their spiritual understanding known only to the 
Christian Science operatives. They give specific instruction in their ap¬ 
proved plan which enables them to succeed in their line of thought. One can 
be promoted to the divine power of the master mind of Mrs. Eddy. They 
teff you that it’s the biggest money making business in the world, buying 
souls. Through this sham and fearless organization they effect the under¬ 
standing of the higher power to which the benefit means prosperity, pro¬ 
motion into the murderous plot that all is in the mind. They poison one’s 
mind. Mrs. Eddy says that the personality of Jesus must not be worshipped 
as the ideal, that she is the fully and understood Mother God. 

History again repeats itself. It is the same old story of graft and 
schemes. I possess knowledge of the greatest crime wave that has ever come 
over our American citizens. When entering into this combined organiza¬ 
tion, one is lost. This master mind controls the spiritual understanding. 


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One marvels at the vast fortune that has been made and wrestled by this 
form of religious mania. Mrs. Eddy monopolized a wholesale business in 
her imaginative powers of extorting money from God’s children. 

In fact, her adventures were the greatest get-rich-quick schemes ever in¬ 
vented. She boldly stole millions of dollars out of her bogus enterprise. 
Then her dreams of possession were assured, through her fundamental occult 
power. She became the exclusive equality of Jesus and revealed the under¬ 
standing of the one Christ-like mind. This representative of the Almighty 
has thrust her wicked powers upon the people. Honorable Peabody, of 
Boston, Mass., known author of the Religio-Medical Masquerade, says of Mrs. 
Eddy, “The first fifty years Mary Baker Eddy lived in great poverty and 
complete obscurity. Before her alleged discovery of Christian Science she 
eked out only a precarious existence in and around Boston as a spiritualist 
medium, giving public seances for money. Her interest in the dead seems 
to have been strictly confined to the illusions. Her life was made up of 
malicious thoughts directed towards humanity.” 

Mark Twain a known writer and statesman also gives to the world the 
story and life of Mrs. Eddy’s criminal workings. 

Doctor Snowden, another author of note, gives a brief disclosure of her 
criminal doings. 

Doctor Thomas, a world renowned writer, uncovers the hypnotic and 
spiritual graft of Mrs. Eddy’s, covering a period of years. 

Hon. J. J. Brett of California, has just recently written a wonderful book 
and exposed Mrs. Eddy from the beginning of her life. 

Honorable Halldeman has published a book against Mrs. Eddy’s teach¬ 
ings called “The Light of the Holy Scriptures.” 

I affirm that every word that I utter in my new book is a true statement 
and when I am presenting the exposed followers of Eddyism from the lec¬ 
ture platform, my listeners will awake to the fact that this make believe 
religion was written and sent to us by the devil. 

No one will be disposed to believe but that I have dealt fairly in my 
writings of these self styled hypocrites. 

What is Christian Science ? A definition of electricity was asked. 
Thomas Edison replied: “Electricity is one of the two things that the world 
has. The other is matter.” 

It must be considered, that a minority should no longer rule the major¬ 
ity. These Christian Science lightning calculators of mental mind give 
your pocketbook a thorough cleaning. It is a broad and lucrative field for 
cults. They have been flourishing without any molestation from our laws 
and they are trying to undermine every law of social justice. 

They mislead the masses of our well thinking people while they have no 


Christian Science Exposed 


23 


opposition in their commercialized field. Knowing this is a free country, 
these muddled healing cults are trying to make a religion out of a Science, 
or a science out of a religion. 

Our good Christian thinking people are believing in religion as ex¬ 
emplified so beautifully by the life of Jesus Christ. 

Mother Eddy’s understanding was the making over of the Bible through 
her conformity of by-laws, set forth to criminally defraud our people. 
The Christian Science has an echo. 

This story of vision which is so vividly spelled out in religion is the 
version of the inspired devil, while I give you word for word as engraved on 
my memory, of the dealings with criminals, thieves, grafters, and swindlers. 
They are the real gang. It was a wearisome process but well worth my 
while. Hark ! Do I hear some one say thieves ? Just what it spells. The 
last word Criminal Graft. 

It’s the easiest make believe religion that I have ever come in contact 
with. May I ask why did America enter the world war ? For vindication of 
the rights of our Christian people. Why should we not be against these 
Christian Science brutalities which have cost millions of lives for their 
selfish interests. We must defend our rights and uphold with honor a 
national independence, by recognizing the necessity for submission by 
legislative force. There must be an alternative remedy against these so- 
called Christian cults. They have arrayed themselves with the three great 
evils, power, money, political influence. I again wish to emphasize, we have en¬ 
tered this warfare in no likeness to the as spirit manifested by this evil cult. 

Money Back Guarantee Bond. C. C. S. 

Registration fee $100.00 cash. They guarantee that the member whose 
membership pass bears the above registration fee shall receive all the ser¬ 
vices and privileges of said membership. 

This training class instruction of the metaphysical healing power as¬ 
sociation hereby binds itself for the sum of one hundred dollars cash, to 
furnish this healing power material. 

Services and instruction are set forth in its Christian Science member¬ 
ship. The member is entitled to a diploma which enables him to have 
full value and special privileges of the healing power within ten days after 
entering class instruction. The issue of diploma is assured. 

This guarantee bond and corresponding membership constitutes the only 
agreement between the parties hereto. The seal of the national degree as 
conferred upon you entitles the bearer to the Christian Science dregree of 
doctor, D. C. S. 

It is understood that in connection with this particular mental healing 
power, they shall receive for their services given through God, Love and 


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Principle, the money which flows, bearing in mind that they now are God’s 
appointed disciples. They are God’s chosen perfect children. 

The master will confer the degree in the name of Mary Baker Eddy. 
They also confer the healing power demonstration, “Give freely and God 
will bless you, to the limit as prescribed.” The C. C. S. system is completed. 
They send up prosperity thoughts which come through vibration. They 
assure you that all is in the mind. We later pass on through this national 
organized system of healing service. You can put a larger check in your 
pocket every week. Any one can jump into this fascinating profession, no 
matter who you are, nor what you are doing; experience is not necessary. 
Just proclaim that you belong to the C. C. S. organization. Set up your 
office, advertise publicly that you are an authorized healing practitioner 
with offices in the Rose Building, Cleveland, Ohio, office hours 10 to 12 and 
2 to 4 respectfully. 

Mr. and Mrs. Graft. No limit to this organized criminal graft, with a 
full knowledge of the underlying principle, governing all Christian Science 
transactions. They say the world is before you, your services are in big 
demand everywhere. Practitioners never were so scarce or so badly needed 
as they are today. Why not step into one of these big opportunity open¬ 
ings, they multiply their earning power several times through this C. C. S. 
association. We are living in the field of opportunities. They possess the 
ability and earning power, they do not work on a salary nor commission. 
Under their arrangement their pay is not limited in their metaphysical 
healing faith, though the C. C. S. club as a matter of fact it enubles one to 
travel on the finest trains, live in the best hotels, wear fine clothes and have 
plenty of relaxation through change of scenery, the time and money to 
spend on worldly entertainment, a pleasure trip abroad. Their system 
eliminates hard knocks. Through their spiritual understanding, they are 
able to correct his or her mistakes of life. 

Motto, to enjoy life, live easy through the understanding of our Mother 
God, become a star performer. Every vacancy represents a golden oppor¬ 
tunity for the dear Christian Science. Yes, your dreams have been realized 
in your hypnotic powers of the devil. Your brutal crimes and atrocious 
murders shall be checked over your past. You will realize that the law of 
common sense and justice will prevail. 

Among these sides of the present situation of the demoralizing faith of 
the so-called Christian Science religion, we must have respect for justice. 
The world must assist in giving moral support for all time, to settle this 
great question of the right of Christian Science to monopolize this supposed 
healing power. 

This graphic and vivid story as told by the author, only helps us to 


Christian Science Exposed 


25 


realize the dangers of this criminal practice. This is the most complete step 
and description which is suggested in the web of the plot of this old physi¬ 
cal superiority of mental spiritual healing. 

The massacre, with this stifling imagination and art of this unique 
camouflage has the poor suffering humanity absorbed in the one thought of 
the Mother God, Mrs. Eddy. While Christian Science practitioners deny 
disease, they collect and demand money for their Mother God’s reading, 
yet these same fake healers, when they are suffering from a tumor or gall 
stones, go to a hospital and take medicine, still teaching the poor suffering 
people that they must not believe in medicine. 

This is the way they make their bread and butter. We must engage 
political ideals to bring about a union of Christianity. Our Lord and 
Maker laid down the fundamental principles of Christian religion “Thou 
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. ’ ’ By this rule, human relationships were 
to be governed, because the dominating power in this world was Christian¬ 
ity. 

Therefore, to establish the ideals of humanity among our American 
Christian people, there must be a supreme Christian principle, by this na¬ 
tion to be applied, in practice of political influence. Jesus set love in the 
center of this spiritual universe. How can anyone believe in this tyrannical 
and self-centered creature who indulged in commercializing God’s words ? 

The supreme need which faces this crisis is that man should discover 
the power and love of God as it is expressed in the personality of Jesus 
Christ. These false claims of Christian Science must be isolated and wiped 
from the face of the earth. The conviction is growing more certain that 
the word of God must hold true. 

Christian Science’s whole program hinges on money, therefore import¬ 
ance must be attached to this grave and serious situation. The law has the 
power to seize these flourishing practitioners’ offices, and to close them to 
the public. 

The world today is laboring under an unrest condition in the fervor of 
these new bom faith cults. The rights of our people are being swept away 
through these theorizing impostors. Take away the healing industry from 
this so-called Christian Science religion and then what remains to Christian 
Science ? 

What about psychology ? This new born germ, it too is gripping the 
people and their pocketbooks. Monsieur Coue also infested America with 
his pet hobby and ideas. He says: “Every day in every way I’M getting 
better and better.” But the author says: “Every day in every way we’re 
getting weaker and weaker. ’ ’ 

Through the mirror we must remove the evil, draw a sharp issue which 


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public opinion must attain and equip ourselves with law in demanding 
that these high brow idiots quit and seek an honorable man’s job. Prin¬ 
ciple is a glorious possession, but the Christian Science principle and 
fundamental principle do not blend. These accused Christian Science 
punishment dealt out to them severely. It is a fair exchange of robbery, 
punishment dealth out to them severely. It is a fair exchange of robbery. 
No law can undo that which is not based on justice. Our constitution was 
written to protect the people and prohibit the exercise of authority that 
would be dangerous to public interest. 

These cults have appropriated millions of dollars to violate our laws. 
We will rally around our flag and side track these false prophets. Friends, 
we are not dealing with Christians, we are face to face with the devil. 

This master, Mary, is the director of research cultism in the unveiling 
of her monumental statue in the mother church at Boston, Mass. She plant¬ 
ed the seed that has demoralized our nation. One of her notable standards 
was free love. She repeatedly emphasized that she was the Master Mary. 
Every scheme that she invented had the dollar attached. Money was her 
first thought. She had the sole monopoly on this special religion, people 
were easily stirred and swayed by the emotion in her teaching of spiritual 
understanding. 

She did not deal in small installment plans, her motto was cash on 
delivery. Oh! the mental pictures of these fascinating lies, the worshipping 
of this mania the crown princess Mary, the ever changing and ever inter¬ 
changed condition of metaphysical understanding. 

This C. C. S. association is a builder of palaces and a wrecker of homes. 
The members have no standard of morals; they teach us that Christmas and 
Easter are days which were celebrated by harlots and prostitutes. Each and 
every practitioner of Science has entered into a conspiracy to publically 
defraud the people. This tragedy is laid in the city of Cleveland, Ohio. A 
story of the past and present weaves into its web the tragedy of life. 

The mystery of the so-called political Christian Science is hidden be¬ 
hind the closed doors of their churches. This is not a romance but a blood¬ 
thirsty story hidden to the world. The author is the first who is bold enough 
to tell the truth and expose to the world the inner workings of this commer¬ 
cialized organization. Through the seance you are introduced into these 
different degrees of hypnotism before you can become one of Mother God’s 
perfect children. 

One almost feels the sense of witnessing rather than reading this story 
of actual tragedy. After the sense of remorse has left you, they apply the 
scientific statement of being. Then you repeat Mother God’s version of the 
Lord’s prayer. 


Christian Science Exposed 


27 


The early career and the doings of Mrs. Eddy’s proven experiment is 
intensely interesting. She was born in Mass., and spent her girlhood days 
in the town of Lynn, later removing to Boston, Mass., where she entered 
into her world renowned Aim flam game. She possessed an intuition which 
was remarkable. 

We cannot close our eyes to the conditions of this false illusion. The way 
that Christian Science is teaching there will be no marriage laws. This is 
the view of the writer. Our sacred marriage laws will be doomed. 
Our relationship will only be considered a false illusion. There will be 
no mutual contract, just absolute separation, a horrible example of the truth 
of Mrs. Eddy’s teachings. She teaches that marriage is only a game and 
chance. However, Mrs. Eddy took a chance of divorcing and marrying her 
third husband. God only knows how many more men she had hypnotized 
and duped through her spiritual mania. With this old fiend one can fully 
realize and appreciate it was not auto-suggestion but simply common prosti¬ 
tution. 

We dare to presume it was the kindred spirit of man who furnished the 
charm of animal magnetism. 

Dark ages are returning again. Christianity is crumbling through 
these fakeisms. This is a bewitching hour, alluring lies are constantly being 
presented. Who is paying the cost of these ignorant unskilled healers ? 
The Christian Science smile has found itself out of harmony with our 
Christian people. It is an easy life fooling the people, no slack times in the 
healing game, a merry life as long as it lasts. The minute the time gets 
dull they read Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy’s formula. 

(The master’s voice howls again, getting down to facts, a past time says 
the author, we have the truth). A primrose, path to health and happiness 
and wealth only is gained through mental suggestion of the Mother God. 

Cleveland little realizes that within a stone’s throw crimes are being 
waged by these Christian Science brutes and that shameful depths of 
torture and murder are being daily carried on through the shadow of this 
false belief. A miserable bargaining of human souls. We hear the Lord 
calling a halt. Their method means the slaughter of human life. There 
must be a turning point to save humanity. We are not dealing with the 
world beyond. Wake up! my fellow citizens, the hour has come! 

Christianity should be the uppermost thought of our civilized world. 
We cannot tolerate these isms Complications are arising. Christian 
Science is not in an experimental stage; it is in full growth of the false 
suggestion of spiritualism. The imperial wizard of mortal mind, we speak 
of absolutely passing out of existence. What about these poor emaciated 
bodies ? I am speaking of human beings and not animals. God forbid the 


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crime. There is no time to stop and think. A fresh momentum of thought 
is given as a new idea into the causes of that nothing Christian Science. 

Shall we continue to keep vigil on the surroundings and doings of the 
spirit boys and girls. 

My secret is a most clever and true piece of brilliant special investiga¬ 
tion, regardless of the revengeful plots that might have been in waiting 
for me. I made my adventures beautifully, under clever pretense of be¬ 
coming one of them. Realizing that many attempts had been made to trap 
me I nipped the blossom before the bloom. My chauffeur acted as my 
aid; after the hour was over I felt it was the close of a perfect day, alas! 
and well done. 

The oriental belief of that all power I shall hopefully request that they 
open the door and let the Satan out. 

I had come to the conclusion that each practitioner had the charm but 
only as a myth. As I watched each subject, I decided not to lose any time 
in my review of the spirit boys and girls. I made some very daring remarks, 
I knew it was my duty, realizing that I must improve the opportunity 
afforded me of becoming acquainted with my newly made spirit friends. 

Mrs. Eddy’s bogus interpretation of the Bible is a unique history of 
the spirit conception of physic understanding, her covered weapon through 
politics, historically pictured as the one divine. Her previous life in east¬ 
ern Massachuetts is her grasping money power of her agents. My book 
should, and will be stupendous, beyond any doubt and conception in the 
minds of my readers. It is full of human emotion, passion, tragedy and 
ambition. A brave woman with a grim determination to conquer these fake 
healing quacks met at every corner with opposing opposition but she con¬ 
tinued to play the leading role. 

An experimenter of the truth my complete program was tactful watch¬ 
ing. 

Famous has been the author’s experience in connecting each bit of evi¬ 
dence in making of my new book. It is a story of the decoyed, a real living 
challenge of untold wrath, giving to the poor suffering humanity the true 
light. Probably never again would any lone woman ever attempt this im¬ 
mense task and the grave responsibility of rounding up of one of the world’s 
greatest evils and sinful menaces. 

My tours represented tact and I always offered up a little prayer to our 
one Father the God of our great universe. 

The market price of this C. C. S. religion is the dollar sign which they 
fully explain through love. To get the understanding, money is necessary. 
The spirit boys and girls, the future trustees of this so-called power are 
measuring human life with blood. These half crazed degenerates cling to 


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29 


the everlasting faith of their Mother God. It is the fascinating past time 
of the practitioners, a fine method, a real history. 

They have a good understanding of mind over matter, a prompt deliv¬ 
ery of mental understanding, wilful and deceitful methods. It is a unique 
system and they have the largest healing institutions in our land. They give 
absent treatments by long distance. Your money is removed while you 
wait. They are the real geniuses of today. Somewhat to my surprise I had 
formed an opinion “self preservation first.” It seems that in Cleveland 
money changes hands very readily. Some system and understanding of 
political influence, a real organ, many events that center about our small 
city, a real allied force, an extraordinary body of lazy men and inactive 
women have appeared on the horizon. These spirits give their assurance 
of the one mind of the Christ like mind. They are an assembled body of 
spirit boys and girls, a mere suggestion of the devil, a real carnival to their 
side show and performance of this unfailing healing power. 

Who transformed hell into religion ? Mrs. Eddy. It makes one shud¬ 
der when we take a glimpse into the future. And still forever shall I dream 
that out of paradise my prayers shall be answered. 

The author gives her startling views which are plainly figured out and 
laid at the door of the political influences. These hidden crimes grip our 
city and a piercing and thrilling experience is portrayed by the writer. 

Crime after crime is being committed by the so-called Christian Science 
cult. The author’s mysterious pen is at the pinnacle point in exposing the 
truth of these brutal crimes. Her sister died a martyr at the hand of this 
vicious religious cult. Many vivid experiences has she passed through. 
They take the very lives of our dear ones in their poisonous hands and ex¬ 
tract huge sums of money out of human blood. 

They practice the anointing along with their Mother God’s formula, 
The author has acquired her vast knowledge of a keen sense of maneuvering. 
She feels that her readers will receive a shocking thrill as her book reveals 
the works of this so-called cult. 

One will become fascinated for each utterance is filled with great con¬ 
troversy highly flavored with the unrest feeling of that nothing the Mother 
God. 

I hereby challenge my spirit boys and girls, to deny any facts set forth 
in my actual experiences thus outlined. I direct my attack upon the 
Christian Science Organization. The war I am waging is a very serious one, 
a view into the future, while I am endeavoring to give each medium their 
just dues. 

I trust that I will not overlook any Cleveland Christian Science prac¬ 
titioner. My pen dispels any doubt from one’s mind. Facts are facts; of- 


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ten the writer has given very exciting statements, a real Paul Revere’s ride. 
The author is obviously on the inside looking out. Not imagination, but 
the real story, a masterpiece, Who’s Who,” a eulogy to the dying ebb 
of this so-called Christian Science Association. 

Eddyism in Cleveland is the ideal psychic understanding of the imag¬ 
inative powers of that promise, Nothing Christian Science. 

Eddyism, which is deluding our human brain has taken a permanent 
effect, someone must repent at leasure. It is difficult to label the many 
criminal characters of this association and the uncanny mystic powers of 
the ever appearing devil. 

In this false religious belief there must be no compromise. Christian 
Science must yield to public opinon. 

As I have sat silent hour after hour, waiting and assigning myself to 
the last certain call of duty, I asked my God for help in directing my fight. 
I knew that these spirit boys and girls were rebelling against me yet I 
kept within the law. I felt the occasion might arise for me to serve as the 
leading spokesman of this popular drama. I doubled my enthusiasm and 
earnestness, declaring that I must become the dominating figure in the east. 
I had before me constantly that fear of political power, a dangerous mach¬ 
ine. As I thrust my courage into my pen I realized that Rome was not 
built in a day. 

Violence was headed my way, but nothing stopped me. If I should 
shed my blood as a martyr to this Christian cult, the battle will be well 
worth the struggle. Whose pen can relate my experiences ? No longer 
shall I conceal my identity. Strangely enough I have left an everlasting 
impression, and I hold the secret in the hollow of my hand. 

The whole world is aflame with these freakish teachings and ideas of 
the Mother God. A close observer can read between the lines. The news¬ 
papers are so bought up by the paid advertisments of Christian Science 
that they too are aiding to shield these criminal grafters. Shame on 
decent society. The crisis has come. This political body of religious 
grafters are trying to turn the department of justice into a capitalized 
combination through high paid attorneys throughout the land. Therefore 
the Christian Science lawyer has the same label as the criminal, in the 
trust association. He has become a prey to these vicious healing cults. 

What action will avert this religious destruction ? This fr6e hand is still 
gaining a national reputation laying the comer stone of a commercialized 
trust. Our laws cannot but feel that they are responsible for the hourly 
crime that is being committed at the profit of a few. I realize as I gaze 
upon the poor twitching faces of the Christian Science practitioner that 


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they are from all the walks of life. I recognize the scrub women, the street 
cleaner and the chimney sweep, branching into the wholesale healing power. 

The negroes are headed also to that higher plane through the promises 
of Mrs. Eddy. No restrictions are placed on the life of human blood, all 
races and nationalities are invited in to this healing art. These spiritual 
minds work in the same channel, no disappointment or failure in the C. C. S. 
Who will rescue these poor victims from the slaughter of Christian Science ? 
As I stood on the shores of the beautiful Atlantic ocean, watching the tide 
come and go, I could hear the roaring and the battling waves, and as they 
tossed to and fro I could see the surging waves bring in herds of fishes— 
and as I watched the star fish washed ashore, I wondered how our dear 
Christian Science boys and girls could demonstrate on the claims of these 
poor sick fish. It was no time for concentration, just an illusion of error, 
so said the spiritual friends of science. 

I realized all was not in the mind but in the waves. 

My cross has been hard to bear, my path has been strewn with thorns, 
my sufferings and grief I have shared alone, but the day of victory will 
triumph the hour. My cross has pressed to pen the world and I shall share 
in the joys of this everlasting peace. Simplicity and patience have been 
tested in my months of sorrow but I would retrace my steps again to reach 
the goal. My pages shall reveal the treasure of my life, a hope and glimpse 
into the future, where right shall prevail. Can I count the stars in my 
crown as I linger on ? Oh death! thou angel of God has robbed me of my 
treasure. God has a meaning for each blow I have made. I pass my news 
on, thy will be done. Amen. 

Introducing Dr. John Sidney Braithwaite, M. A. C. S. B. 

What's in a name ? It doesn’t mean anything, does it ? 

My British subject, seeking American’s gold. The curious English 
Coue has the title marks M. A. C. S. B. We just canot see why he is in¬ 
vited to Cleveland. He supplies concentration of that one mind. Why 
couldn’t he supply our Christian Science friends who are having so many 
law suits. In the absent treatment they say distance makes no difference, 
as their minds would receive these absent transmissions. It is only a matter 
of opinion. Just keep declaring the truth in that one mind. But they 
find themselves confronted with several legal minds and they will need an im¬ 
mense reserve of nerves to slip through all their troubles. “Where angels 
fear to tread.” What’s on our English friend’s mind ? When these 
numerous law suits were started in Cleveland against these Christian 
Science practitioners it was considered only a trifling matter, but we find 
that our state has become interested in the outcome of this commercialized 
Christian Science graft. 


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The distinguished gentleman has traveled a long way to direct 
concentration. He even had the water concentrating for his safe 
journey to American soil. Who will suggest a stimulant for this 
poor soul’s nerves? Thought should be given to this grave question. 
Yes. I am against all isms. Right now the Cleveland Christian Scientists 
have something passing slowly through their brains (if they have any). Sir 
John has given an expression to his sympathizers. Who is the ideal ? The 
Mother God or the judge of our courts ? A strong clean heart is needed 
and an alert understanding of law and order. Did some say imperative ? 
Wakeful nights are in sight, the crucial hour is near. No, it is not Mrs. 
Eddy’s obedience but obedience to justice. Sidney—I am surprised and 
at a loss to know just how to introduce your many names. England always 
did have so many Lords and Sirs. I feel very grateful to my maker to be 
able to have the understanding and power to express my candid opinion 
about Christian Science. Do you realize, John, that the author helped to 
bring the net in? All were sailing in the same boat, playing with fate. 1 
feel I have the greatest respect for principle. 

I shall speed up my work in exposing your secret methods as I advance 
the thought. Time and tide wait for no man. 

Our American Christian Scientists have been advancing their spiritual 
thoughts until now a heavy toll of human souls have been sacrificed. It has 
been advanced through the spiritual knowledge of the Christian Science 
practitioners that during the war if more of our boys had the right under¬ 
standing of Mrs. Eddy’s love some of those who fell on Flanders field would 
have returned safely to dear old America. I discern that your country also 
gave a great deal of human blood, as they too were unfortunate in under¬ 
standing the Mother God. It is conceded that the bullets flew thick and 
fast on Flanders Field. The boys who came home crippled and in baskets 
were made martyrs because the poor souls did not have the true under¬ 
standing of Mrs. Eddy . 

What a faulty and unjust criticism of our heroes who fought our bat¬ 
tles in the far off land. The voice in the darkness is calling. Fight till the 
day is won. I am longing for that day to come when I can meet you on 
your own British soil and help to destroy that Christian Science germ 
which is so sacred to you and your Mother God. 


Introducing 

Mrs. Geo. Giger, residence and healing office, York Road, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Confidence Assured 

I will now present to my readers, through my pen, the country woman, 



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the Christian Science practitioner, a farmer’s wife, who has as I under¬ 
stand a large rural clientele of patients, to which she is administering Mrs. 
Eddy’s famous formula of healing. The farmer’s wife, a real healing fac¬ 
tor is better known as Auntie Giger. My chauffeur drove me for two days 
before I got a glimpse at the divine spirit. While waiting at a neighbor’s 
house for the return of Auntie I picked up a little neighbor boy and I said: 
“Son, how old are you.” He answered six years old. 

“Where do you go to church sonny ? ” and he looked up and smiling 
says, “To Christmas Science.” William the chauffeur burst out in a laugh 
and said, “You mean Christian Science.” 

The little fellow sharply answered, “No! I guess I know where I go 
to Sunday School. It is Christmas Science.” 

“Well, well sonny, and when you get sick does your mother call a doc¬ 
tor f” 

And the little fellow smiled again. “Mama calls Auntie Giger.” 

“Does Auntie Giger ever give you any medicine?” 

He smiled again and said, “Candy pills.” 

“What else does Auntie give you 

She reads and reads about ‘Christmas Science/ and I get better.” 

I could not get him to talk any more about his Auntie. He looked 
sharply at me and says, “What do you want to know everything for ?” 
I thought, “some wise little boy.” That was enough questioning. I 
could see that he had Christmas Science training but I felt that I must 
provide some sort of entertainment for the little stranger as I wanted to 
know more about this healing Auntie. 

William the chauffeur says: “If you will tell the lady more about 
Christmas Science I will let you turn on the light to the car.” 

At this moment the little chap became interested in the promise. He 
says, “Well if I tell you the rest that I know, can I turn on the light ?” 

‘ ‘ Sure enough. ’ ’ Sonny says, ‘ ‘ I know a little prayer that Auntie Giger 
taught me.” Realizing that was just what I was wanting to know, I said, 
“Won’t you teach me the nice little prayer.” He smiled again. 

I took my pencil and notebook, and wrote as the dear little fellow re¬ 
peated. “I lay me down to sleep. I love my Mother God, in her I trust, 
I can never die.” “Well done, Mrs. Eddy the Mother God. Turn on the 
lights, son, and keep them burning.” 

My dear readers, this is the system which is instilled in the child’s mind. 
Wicked ? I whispered “a crime, a sacrifice of life, breeding criminal un¬ 
derstanding in the dear little minds. The direct wave to destruction. ’ ’ 

The devil’s chief weapon is this clannish belief, Auntie Giger has no 
competition in her part of the country. She just names the price and gets 


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it. The neighbors tell me that she has made wonderful demonstrations by 
absent treatment. She is kept busy day and night, as her patients all seem 
to be suffering with different claims. It is quite true that the science 
practitioners deny the claim. The devil is ever present. 

“William, put on the speed and take me back to dear old Cleveland 
town.” 


Introducing 

Mrs. Harriet Vaughn, Osborn Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

This noted psychologist of mental mind over matter has a huge under¬ 
standing of spiritualism, a spectacular review coming in direct communi¬ 
cation with this madam. She is outdoing all other mediums, this so-called 
famous star, while suffering and laboring under a mental strain. When 
the sheriff of Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio, served legal papers on 
her in a hundred thousand dollar case, this fortunate leader and director 
in the Fourth Church of Christ Scientist E. 105 St., Cleveland,0, suffered 
a relapse of memory in regard to her spiritual understanding. 

As I wafted into her prosperous offices I noticed there was no chance 
for a private interview. Several parties were waiting to join her mental 
power. It being the rush hour I sat and gazed about. I just made myself 
comfortable; I knew that with the spirits I must keep concentrating. I 
tried to hit up a conversation with one of the lady visitors. No one seemed 
to want to say anything. I could not resist the temptation of asking just 
when it would be convenient for me to see the doctor. One strange voice 
answered," ‘ £ She is giving a treatment. ’ ’ 

Yes, I realized the private consultation doors were closed. However, I 
could hear sounds. Something seemed to say to me, “That poor patient is 
trying to understand Mother God’s perfect child.” Being somewhat of a 
character analyst I kept supply the missing links. The spirits were declar¬ 
ing the truth of the divine mind. Oh, I had so many reviews. 

I said to my spirit friends, “Are you ill ?” 

“No, no. I am a student in the better understanding of Mrs. Eddy’s 
teaching. I will soon make my first demonstration of the truth.” “I can’t 
understand you, lady,” I said. 

She answered. “Dearie, there is only one mind.” The same old story, 
that meant Christian Science. 

I felt somewhat interested in this poor ambitious soul. I knew she had 
been seeing things at night. I asked her, “Where do you live ?” 

Many other questions I asked; they were in direct line. 

“Are you employed ?” 



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“Yes, I go out by the day working. Just anything that I can get to 
do.” 

The writer, “Well I am acquainted with a number of prosperous 
Christian Science practitioners.” 

“Yes Dearie, I have a sister who lives on the Heights*who has been able 
to buy a fine home by knowing and declaring the truth.” 

“I would imagine that your sister’s home must have cost her a great 
deal of money.” 

“She paid fifteen thousand dollars for it.” 

“A wonderful demonstration, and you can only get this understanding 
through the one mind of Mrs. Eddy ?” 

“How shall these honors be divided of this popular gift ?” 

‘ ‘ Surely our supply comes through God, Love and Principle, ” answered 
the student. 

Wjell, my attention was somewhat attracted by the happy look in her 
face, “You indeed seem very contented ?” 

And as I thought again, any one would feel happy with all of the op¬ 
portunities presenting themselves to one in the ranks of this commercial¬ 
ized association. 

Harriet arrived on the scene. A mere glimpse into her sweet smiling 
face; then she vanished. Another patient is being treated for mental dis¬ 
order. As I looked up at the hour I knew that I must be hurrying on with 
a full quota of the desired information. The office fee charged was three 
dollars or as much more as one would stand, absent treatment by long dis¬ 
tance communicating with any planet. Thanking my kind adherers, I 
now continued on my review. Appointments made—call Prospect 495. 
Mrs. Vaughn. 


Introducing 

Mrs. Georgia M. McCutchen, Offices, Schofield Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

An Associate Spirit of Mrs. Esther P. Kloth. 

Phone Main 4917 for appointment, a direct line for mental understanding. 

Consultation hours respectfully—the regular charge is made for 
office practice. 

The lady author made a special investigation, and called upon the in¬ 
spired Georgia. As I entered her well arranged office, I was ushered into 
her consultation room. The Doctor inquired: 

Who sent you here and did you have an appointment ? Are you suf¬ 
fering from some claim ? Do you wish a treatment ? 

I realized that I had a big claim to understand. I told her that I had 



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a friend who was interested in Science and knowing of its wonderful op¬ 
portunities and resources I felt very much interested in such an attractive 
business, that I wanted to know more about Science. I asked: “Are you 
the lady doctor ? ’ ’ 

She smiled and said: “Our work is similar to that of doctors, only we 
do not give coated sugar pills as physicians do. The doctors give the same 
pill to each patient, regardless of what their claim of sickness might be. 
People call us doctors while others call us attorneys as we know so much 
about the law.” 

I asked if the State of Ohio allowed their association to practice without 
a medical license. 

She said: “Dearie, it is our constitutional right to practice.” 

Then I asked: “ Do you charge the same for your treatment as doctors 
do T” 

She said: “About the same price for office calls, a fee of three dollars, 
as our work is more difficult than the physicians. Our treatment is brain 
work. ’’ 

I noticed that I had a very obliging subject to work upon. I proceeded 
to ask Georgia if Christian Science could make the cure of all diseases. 
Such as cancers, tumors, tuberculosis and diphtheria, if a person broke 
a leg, I wondered if she could set the broken bones ? 

She laughed and said: “Dearie, there is nothing impossible in Mother 
God’s teachings.” 

“How wonderful.” 

I felt sorry for this poor soul as she was afflicted with a very strange 
mania. Realizing that she felt that she was in direct communication with 
the spirit world I felt the imperial medium was laboring under a delusion. 

“Pardon me Mrs. MeCutchen, please don’t get offended at me, as I 
wish to ask you a question. I was waiting at East 9th street and Euclid 
avenue for a street car when I heard a conversation between two gentlemen, 
apparently drummers. I heard one of them discussing Christian Science, 
and as I listened one of the gentlemen said to the other gent; “Bill, why is 
it that the Christian Science practitioners have such loose morals ?” 

She smiled sweetly and said, “Dearie it was Eve who first tempted 
Adam.” 

The author chimed in: “It makes it very hard for the respectable 
lady practitioners.” 

Georgia answers back: “Dearie, the chaff must be separated from the 
wheat. ’ ’ 

I thought to myself, that would indeed be an endless task. 

“Well, doesn’t Christian Science believe in free love ?” 


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“Yes, Mrs. Eddy’s teachings were that all is free.” 

. I asked her how long she had been practicing her profession. 

She told me she had been in it for a number of years, that during this 
period she had made wonderful healing demonstrations among the animal 
kingdom, that in fact, in one of her cases a veterinary surgeon had given 
up his patient, a bulldog, and that she had been able through the truth and 
spiritual understanding to save the little fellow of his supposed claim. 

I decided that the madame was the princess of the hour. A wonderful 
specimen of physique, and a very stout figure with which she presented a 
very healthy appearance. 

I did not mind Georgia imposing upon my good nature as I had had a 
wonderful demonstration of her meatphysical secrets. I now bid my spirit 
friend adieu. 


This amazing story is told by the author. 

“Well, my name is -. Well, I - live in Cleve¬ 

land, just off of Euclid avenue.” 

It seems very strange to believe that this harsh critic is a Cleveland 
girl. The honorable Francis B. Kavanagh and John E. Palmer of Cleve¬ 
land, 0., my rivals can tell the street and even my residence number. The 
American Secret Service Association keeps pretty close tab on my psychic 
schemes and activities. My readers will feel quite at home in my absence, 
must I stay in the background! Guess I am arousing too much commo¬ 
tion for the Christian Science Association. 

Can’t help but want to introduce myself, but fear someone might want 
to send me one of Uncle Humphrey’s famous popcorn balls. Surely I 
worked hard to gain my admittance and acquaintance into Mr. Kavanagh’s 
organization. Cost some money to belong to this association. I now have 
taken the first, second and third degree. Some initiation. Would not lose 
my knowledge for any price, although I might be tempted to have some of 
Mrs. Eddy’s millions of dollars that she has made and her followers have 
made out of human blood. 

The secret to my success truly I have succeeded beyond any dream. 
I consider myself just an average girl. I made a desperate struggle to 
reach the goal and suffered torture beyond human knowledge. Yes, my 
blood was shed to rid this Christian land of ours from Christian Science. 

My sister’s death was a sacrifice. I now feel that I am the representa- 





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39 


tive to give to the world the story of how my sister was murdered by these 
criminal brutes. 

While I realize that my life is slipping away, I will leave my friends 
enlightened in the propaganda of the followers of Eddyism. 


Introducing 

J. A. Brannon, C. C. S. Offices, Osborn Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Phone, Prospect 1203 for spiritual treatment 

Well, after a week’s round up, I have found the chief. Some time was 
spent in locating this J. A. C. C. S., busy giving mental treatment. It is 
understood he makes no calls outside of his office practice. Some smooth, 
clever healing gentleman. He wanted to apologise for his Ism and the 
spirit blushed and could not understand just who and what the visitor 
wanted. 

I did not dare to undertake to explain my mission but I said: ‘‘Please 
sir, just what is Christian Science ?” 

“That’s what no one can explain.” Long ago I had realized the same 
question. The poor spirit’s brain did not seem to function well, it was 
indeed a peculiar illusion of mind over matter. Information is important, 
I am quite willing to say it takes lots of nerve in mingling with the spirit 
boys and girls. It’s a merry life, but of such short duration. When once 
admitted I felt I dare not enter again. 

“Who is this distinguished miss ? Did some one say an author, 
rambling around seeking wisdom. ’ ’ 

The telephone bell rings and Mr. Brannon answers: “Hello.” 

Some broken heart is on the other end of the line. 

The kind sir answers: “Girlie, all is in love. I will give you another 
treatment tomorrow, just know the truth.” 

“Doctor, you have been fooling the people a long, long time.” I thought 
of Abraham Lincoln’s famous saying, “You can fool some of the people 
all of the time and all of the people some of the time but you cannot fool 
all the people all the time.” 

“So you stick pretty well to your old job, you must pay high office 
rent here, your phone service, and your electric light, surely you have got 
to have a good healing practice in your business for your everhead ex¬ 
penses ? But as you say, just know the truth and business must come 
across. ’ ’ 

I noticed several people waiting for this apostle’s blessing. “My 



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friends, I too am seeking for first hand information. ’ ’ I said to Mr. J. A., 
“Does everybody look like ready money to you ?” 

“Well if they do not have it they need not come into my office.” 

‘ ‘ Really then, I take it, no money, no healing. ’’ 

“I find the anxious public expecting too much for their money now a 
days. ’’ 

Furthermore, I think you must keep yourself in good order to be able 
to administer this spiritual knowledge of yours. J. A. do you realize that 
you are illegally practicing without a license, but you are perhaps protected 
by political influence ? You see I cannot make any choice in my discrim¬ 
ination. In fact I find that everybody is doing it, all of the practitioners. 
Way down on Blain avenue, Cleveland, better known as Peacock alley, 
where the colored folk hold their promenades, it’s the swing, swing air that 
one gets way down in Dixie land. I called on Mr. Smith, the colored gen¬ 
tleman and found him doing a flourishing business, healing the colored and 
the white. He too, is using that mind over matter. I find he was a student 
of Mrs. Fitzpatrick, who administers that spiritual understanding, for the 
sum of one hundred dollars cash, in her class instruction on metaphysical 
understanding of the Mother God. 

They tell me that the colored people are taking Christian Science up 
readily, they too are playing the bunko game. ’ ’ 

J. A’s. voice becomes very abrupt when told that the C. C. S organi¬ 
zation is only living on borrowed time, “What,” exclaimed the chief, “I 
can’t understand . 7 7 

“But don’t you know you have many things to be thankful for. The 
law has been very good to you, in letting your spirit boys and girls get away 
with such malicious crimes as long as it has. Wonderful experiences in the 
past I will admit.” 

“Who’s the interpreter ?” The lady guest. 

“Silence your voice, lest you be caught unaware. Let the text of my 
visit explain a potent message that I have delivered but what does it mean ? 
The false teaching of God’s word. You, too, are administering absent 
treatments. ’ ’ 

Mrs. Emma Church, Guardian Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Phone 3484. Orders taken for spiritual understanding. 

While writing my message and in my wake I realized that Emma was 
located in a beautiful and wonderfully restful, spacious office, with a spirit 
acquaintance, Mrs. Eva J. Pumphrey. I met this lady on a tour of-my in¬ 
spection some time ago. I remembered that Eva spoke many times of the 
divine Emma. 

It is indeed a pleasure to introduce to my audience the second spirit of 


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41 


the season; she has a strong personality, a good understanding of divine 
science. She is a woman well proportioned and she belongs to the C. C. S. 
auxiliary club, a typical actress, knowing that the ladies general supply 
comes through their understanding of God, Love and Principle. Eva ex¬ 
plains: “But what a crime to receive blessings from a dead man’s body,” 

I almost forgot to say that this radiant Emma, with her keen eye observes the 
opportunity in the faith cure business, while I have a lingering belief that 
the distinguished Eva, sort of felt conscious of my visit. However, I fell in 
line. She was well dressed; it does seem that all the lady practitioners take 
to the silk attire, oh so much; indeed it is very becoming, but it does seem 
a pity to burden the dear little silk worms, with such fashion, realizing that 
the little creatures are always working and spinning for the spirit girls. 
We do feel that Christian Science is taking our servants and maids to their 
field of prosperity. I am told they make wonderful spiritual healers. There 
is so much money made at it now a days through the royal master mind of - 
the Mother God. 

All are eligible to the healing art. The Guardian Building on Euclid 
avenue is doubly blessed with metaphysical suggestions. As I strolled 
along on the twelfth floor of the office building, I noticed a sign upon the 
door which read - : “Reading and rest in Christian Science can be had at 
certain hours.” Down the hall I noticed another office “Association for 
Criminal Justice,” a neighbor of our Christian Science. Friends, it does 
seem that law was very near at hand though I couldn’t figure it out. Some¬ 
one told me this association was busy getting evidence against the Christian 
Science neighbors. 

The Chamber of Commerce of Cleveland was invited into this Criminal 
Association for Justice, when evidence was found for a charge of man¬ 
slaughter placed against the president of the Fourth Christ Church, East 
105th street, Cleveland, Ohio. The said one, Arthur W. Marriott, was found 
guilty in the Municipal Court of Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio, for il¬ 
legally practicing medicine without a state license. 

The case was later taken to the Court of Appeals by Sir Francis B. 
Kavanagh, attorney, representing the Christian Scientists, on error. The 
said Francis B. Kavanagh a few weeks later paid up the fine in the court of 
appeals thus letting the lower court stand as judgment against the Christian 
Science organization. 

The writer stages many scenes. I know that I may draw a fire of censure 
from my obliging Eddyites, however, I should worry. You will note in my 
book, how I have handled my major exposes on Christian Science graft. 

I do here emphasize a rousing sentiment that will carry with it public 
opinion. Long ago I passed the stages of fear; many months have been 


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spent in my tours of special investigation. Rather peculiar or out of the 
ordinary for an author to claim leadership, in putting over in a big way 
the appeal for justice, is it not? Just how my new book will be received 
remains to be seen. It may be safe to predict that my pen is mightier than 
the sword. While my book not only carries with it the words of my soul 
my blood is tinged with the hate of human sacrifice. My spirit still lives 
in the field of hope. 

Introducing 

Mr. Frederick W. Nebhut and Mrs. Francis Nebhut, Husband and Wife, 
Offices C. A. C. Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Phone, Prospect 686 
(Special Treatment) 

I now have the honor of presenting to our many Cleveland friends 
Frederick and Frances Nebhut, dyed spiritual man and wife, healing 
apostles, constant companions of the happy go lucky fakers. It has been 
proven beyond all doubt, this spiritual pair of divine disciples, have been 
gloriously blessed through the knowledge of Christian Science. They are 
wonderfully located in spacious offices in the downtown high rent district 
on Euclid avenue. While I scanned each anxious face I could see the poor 
souls were laboring under delusion of that nothing of Christian Science. 

Who is our next victim to fall ? This entire comedy of religion puts 
on a new color; it’s a terrific hypnotic spell, with a high voltage, the inner 
woven wire throwing off that Christ like mind—one illusion after another. 
It was a very exciting moment for the author, trying to make herself realize 
indeed that such healing powers should rest with Frederick and Frances. 
What a combination of mind over matter it was, this husband and wife 
being thoroughly saturated through the mesmerism of this anti-Christ. 
All is harmonious in Christian Science. Popular prices they charge for 
their spiritual demonstrations of the one Christ like mind. This pair real¬ 
ize that they are Mother God’s perfect children. Frederick is a sharp¬ 
shooter, in his vividly realistic schemes. The madame meets the subject: 
“Good morning Dearie, have you an appointment ? Did someone send you 
here for treatment of mortal mind ?” 

Listen, do you get the tip ? Someone may be tipping me off, making sure 
then checked up the methods of the decoy of spiritualism. Suspicious then, 
Frances smiled sweetly and says: “Are you ill ?” The patient replied, 
“Yes.” “Dearie, disease is only an illusion of mortal mind. It is this 
old master mind trying to get a hold of your subconscious mind. Well, 
we will read, and read some more about our Mother God’s teachings.” 

The visitor seems to see plenty of prosperity for this distinguished 
husband and wife, just enjoying life through their wonderful knowledge 


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of declaring the truth. They say, “Just know the truth and you are able 
to steal anyone blind.” “Everything is in your faith. Yes, it does seem 
that it is sort of a man made power, so strange to be meeting so many heal¬ 
ing apostles now-a-days. ’ ’ 

“Yes, dearie, Jesus healed,” she said, as the writer said “Ha! Ha!” 

My spirit friends were very exacting in the one thought of that Christ 
like mind. I took each spirit’s measurement, as I diagnosed the case; it 
was simply to grab the cash. No, I was not as yet satisfied with my call. 
All seemed well dressed, a sweet smile on each smiling face; but I dis¬ 
covered it was such a forced appearance of truth in their given minds. 
Well, its the greatest hidden mystery of false illusions that ever could 
be portrayed. 

Multitudes of grafting secrets and mysteries can be produced through 
the mind of Christian Science, violators of decency and respect of public 
confidence in that Christ like mind. 

One is paralysed by their fascinating false lies. It is difficult to inter¬ 
pret God’s perfect child through the mental spiritual understanding of 
Mrs. Eddy. Discard all other thoughts, the one mind is essential in this 
Christian Science religion. 

What a terrible hazardous crime it is to inoculate the poor suffering 
humanity with such serious anxiety of hopeless results. 

“Frederick, can’t you earn a living other than living upon human 
blood ? However, you must get the money some way, your mental assasina- 
tion seems to fool the very elect.” 

As the telephone rings, another anxious soul is waiting for treatment, 
the master repeats: “That all is in the mind. Tomorrow come to my 
office for a better understanding of the truth.” 

Five dollars is charged for this special office call. 

“You seem to be a spiritual thief.” I began to realize that my bur¬ 
den was becoming very interesting in gathering the evidence against this 
spiritual pair, knowing that values change, as a signal, of the everlasting 
power. Christian Science, my friends, will pass to history. Wake, my 
Eddyites, and realize your hilarious days are but numbered. It is the kind 
of mental suggestion you give. 

“Frederick, did you say animal magnetism, just what is it ? Do you 
make crosses and signs to your Mother God ? It is cheer up when you see 
the money coming your way. What an embarrassment it must have been 
for this poor fool of mental understanding, a very sudden shock, although 
such an uncertain business this practicing medicine without a license.” 

“But you don’t understand my lady, we are spiritual healers. The 
constitution grants our religion this privilege.” 


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“How in God’s name, could you ever put over such a thing ?” 

I lost my speech. “Well then you are the master ? Why is it that 
Christian Scientists have such violent tempers; my suspicions are confirmed. 
It must he that the devil is returned in your master mind. The chiro¬ 
practor cults are being driven out of our State of Ohio, and your deadly 
germ will be driven out too, and soon cease to exist. Your business has 
been a gamble, your job and the other fellow’s job.” 

The lady author insists that she is the medium through her pen 
sketching for the producers of that nothing, and hidden secret of Christian 
Science. Her story has been reconstructed only by bits of evidence 
through her clever manner. She separately disclosed these spirits at large. 
Every detail is a complete script and as I continue, my readers will listen, 
they will find through the pages of my book that the Christian Scientists 
were unable to detect the making of my successful history, the great pana¬ 
cea, by the exposing of these spirit boys and girls. 

* * * 

Introducing 

May B. Worden, Offices C. A. C. Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Phone Prospect 699. Healing hours, respectfully. 

Adjustments of the mind made by calling 
As the day was a wonderful one, just one of those beautiful mornings 
when one’s ambition was at high tide, I tripped lightly in the elevator, 
anxiously awaiting the starter to signal the car. I felt myself climbing 
near my treasure. As I reached the office, the hour was in regular order. 
On entering, indeed I found just the ideal. However my patience became 
exhausted as I looked over the lineup of the many patients waiting for 
this professional healing service. Everybody seemed happy indeed, the 
true Christian Science smile absolute fact. I wondered where my lady 
was, this royal supreme being. Slrange to say, I noticed the same familiar 
consultation room—‘ ‘ private. ’ ’ May’s whole system assures a regular daily 
practice of concentration of mind over matter. - Treating any disorder 
she restores appetites, even digestion, by her mental suggestion. Her 
inner mind is suggesting upon the pocketbook. The lady is especially 
trained; no doubt she realizes her ability to fool the people. Her 
eyes sparkle with deceit, her ebbing self respect hangs in the balance, full 
of charm and mesmerism, a perfect piece of art, filling minds with that 
poisonous germ of that Christ like mind. No one can understand the kind 
impostor commercializing so sacred a word of God. 

How alarming these evil spirits. Before the dawn of the day I shall 
have added another chapter. 


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Every prospect seemed to be resting comfortably under May’s illusion. 
Peace, sweet peace, of Mother God’s understanding. 

Not a sound could I hear, only the clang of the street car. I found 
conditions about the same in her office, as the general run of all the prac¬ 
titioners. In the wee hours of night I could imagine that I could detect 
the same spirit ? Complications arise. I again realize that I must attract 
attention. I found the spirits well under the control of the master mind 
inside. 

The phone rings, May answers, “Hello Dearie,” Some poor man may 
be seeking treatment for a broken heart, just who knows. 

Another absent treatment—who’s the fool on the other end of May’s 
line ? Just then I noticed a poor frail looking woman who was patiently 
waiting her turn to be healed while you wait. 

I inquired if she was ill. “No only just a claim.” 

I asked her, “Why do you come here for a treatment if you are not 
sick ?” 

The lady practitioner says, ‘ ‘ I will soon be able to make my own demon¬ 
stration of the truth.” 

‘ ‘ Then it won’t cost you so much ” as I knew that someone must pay the 
bill. “Principle of course is money. It’s getting to be quite a national sys¬ 
tem of the organized influence of Christian Science. Our laws make it 
very easy for any healing quack to live in Cleveland. They ride around 
in big expensive cars, it’s a real pastime. In my review last year we did 
not seem to hear about so many spiritual healers, until now. Cleveland has 
three developed healing schools teaching the spiritual understanding of 
Mrs. Eddy.” 

“What!” 

“Yes, the course is completed in ten days. Some service, one goes in 
training, the price charged, $100.00 C. 0. D., goes out in the field, as there 
is a living for all ambitious spiritual healers. Take all you can get, and 
protect what you have, without even a feeling of regret. Heaven and earth 
is ours.” 

A familiar voice says, ‘ ‘ One is worthy of his hire, in the name of Mother 
God.” 

How dare these bloodthirsty serpents say hire ? The remedy would 
be to put every grafter out of business, then the world could rest in peace 
forever. Farewell to the Madame Worden, the spiritual prima donna. 

Introducing 

Miss Fannie M. Cottle, Offices, Clarence Building. Phone Cherry 1118 
A business partner of Henry Drach, C. C. S. 


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Another maid has entered the spirit world. Lucky girl, come in while 
the water is fine. This giant healing organ is now in full swing. Please 
don’t lose too many valuable hours, as your days are passing away, the 
beginning and end of that nothing, Christian Science. 

Many competitors are working in your same graft, this fortune hunter 
has enjoyed prosperity, but alas, you too shall suffer for your sins. To 
cap the climax. Fannie is excited when she hears that a number of her 
associated criminal friends are arrested on numerable charges for de¬ 
frauding and collecting money under false representation. The court rules 
she, too, is an accomplice to this illegal doing. No one is excluded in 
the eyes of the law. 

As I walked hurriedly down the street at East 9th and Euclid avenue, 
I asked the officer: “Can you please direct me to the Clarence Building, 
Officer ?” 

“Just down the street, lady. You’re in somewhat of a hurry !” 

“Yes, I am going for mental treatment.” 

As I entered the dingy looking office building, I looked about, I noticed 
on the directory quite a number of faith healing quacks, Chiropractors, 
doing a wonderful business, keeping the blood circulating, manipulating 
the spine, extracting that dollar and no license to practice. 

“Did someone say adjustments made ?” That’s a new one, thought 
I. That’s the same system that Christian Science uses in the adjustment 
of mind over matter. I was making record, I discovered that I was not 
dealing with an amateur in the spiritual understanding. I found Fannie, 
very business like and quite snappy, enjoying her metaphysical faith 
power. 

It does seem that since the war every commodity seems to be getting 
higher through their better understanding of principle. 

The price one pays. What’s the prize offered in Christian Science, 
power ? They tell us all is within the reach of those who have the money. 
I have been kept pretty busy in closing my special investigation of 1922. 

I soon shall be ready to unfold to the public the series of 1923 in a per¬ 
fectly well arranged book. This Christian Science machine is piloted by 
a few of Cleveland’s money grafters. Uncle Humphrey feels duty bound 
to arrange a bail bond for any Christian Science practitioner. More pop¬ 
corn balls, he must sell, fines increasing steadily, some ones being prose¬ 
cuted in Christian Science. “Why not turn the electric current on,” sug¬ 
gests the writer ? That’s the idea, only it needs public sentiment. You 
no doubt have guessed by this time that the author’s drama has become 
classic. The reward shall await me in the field of hope. The burlesque 
Christian Science Association has played to a full house, seeing the sights 


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Oh, so much money wrapped up in the Christian Science churches, that 
they hate to give up the battle. 

Do I hear the telephone bell ringing again ? The author wishes to be 
connected. Please give me a better connection. Uncle Sam is talking, he 
is busy visualizing into the future of that nothing, Christian Science. 

Introducing 

Mrs. Bumetta D. Carroll, Office, Osborn Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Phone, Prospect 89. Interest protected. 

Spirit messages translated by the original fake healer. An unusual 
bud, another series of psychic understandings, the novel artist says: * ‘ Good 
morning, Dearie, did you come for a treatment ?” 

“No madam, I came for a better understanding of Christian Science. 
Do I understand that you give local treatments for the unfortunate brain ? 
Guess here’s where I should stay. I feel that I am quite fortunate in meet¬ 
ing such a spiritual looking lady. It’s a pleasure to be in spiritual under¬ 
standing, but I can’t imagine why there seems to be so many new Isms, 
springing up. Guess there’s plenty of room to accommodate them all. 
Each day we realize that many changes are taking place. The practitioners 
seem so happy, surely they are all making money, or there wouldn’t be 
so many in the business.” 

“They tell me that through God, Love and Principle their big supply 
of money comes. We can’t move around now-a-days but what someone 
speaks of Christian Science prosperity. Realizing it pays to advertise, 
Cleveland has quite an open market for her Isms. They tell me they just 
know the truth of Mrs. Eddy. Guess I don’t get the understanding.” 

Burnetta says: “Dearie, it was Mrs. Eddy who invented and made the 
discovery of our remarkable power.” 

“Then who found Christian Science ?” 

“Why, Mrs. Eddy.” 

“Where did she get the name, Christian Science from ? What about 
religion, who invented that ?” 

“That was our dear Mrs. Eddy’s faith. In fact she was very fortun¬ 
ate in all her business dealings. ’ ’ 

“Why is it there are so many able bodied men and women practicing 
Christian Science ? It seems to me it is a thoroughly commercialized idea. 
They are putting Christian Science pretty strong.” 

The phone rings: “Hello, Dearie, I knew you would be feeling better 
of your claim.” Poor soul is making an appointment for tomorrow. 

“Don’t you feel a bit uncomfortable Madam,” said I, “practicing 
medicine without a license ?” 


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(l Who’s Lady Arnold ? She seems just to have arrived off of Broad¬ 
way, all dressed up in the latest style. She too, has quite a liking for the 
spirit, suppose it’s the religious liberty of her strong fundamental prin¬ 
cipal of God’s perfect child. ” “ It’s a curious fact, ’ ’ said the writer. ‘ ‘ It’s 
a great scandal as summed up, it’s their Christian Science understanding 
of their metaphysical power.” The mask is off of the secret of C. C. S. 
Asociation, it’s the final. Whose personal liberty is taking life ? The 
world is interested in a final demand. The time for regrets has passed, 
and the day of atonement brings to you the light as I leave the extracts 
of my visit, “the philosopher of folly.” 

* * * 

Introducing 

Alfred E. Nitschke, Osborn Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Phone, Prospect 1804. Special healing. Soul mates supplied. 

Playing the man of the hour. 

A director in the Fourth Church of Christ Scientist, 105th street, 
Cleveland, 0. Suffered a lapse of memory when he realized that the 
sheriff of Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, served papers on him, making 
him a defendant in a hundred thousand dollar damage suit. It’s enough to 
shock the nerve of any sane man or woman. Even heaven and earth 
would quiver. It was the drag net that brought him in. It does not pay 
to play with fire. In his mental treatments he says all is in the mind. 
It can’t be in this case. 

Alfred’s mind seems to be in the court, he too claims he is Mother God’s 
perfect man. No specials with the sheriffs; can’t imagine for a moment 
that the author would be welcome. I won’t stay very long. This is one 
of my busy days in rounding up the Christian Science criminals. Little 
did the gentleman realize that he would be caught dealing out his sug¬ 
gestions of spiritual understanding. He’s sort of a friendly chap. He’s 
out after the dollar and willing to take a chance. He of course is interested 
in the healing art and just can’t resist the temptation, something fas¬ 
cinating holding hands. 

He has such a winning repose, gets a thrill quickly, sketching the 
events of the hour. Without a doubt, my friend cannot imagine the little 
lady’s introduction, other than a patient, seeking treatment for a delud¬ 
ed brain. 

“Alfred, listen to me, where and when can I get some hints on 
metaphysical power? I surely am interested.” 

“Oh, can I trust to prodigy? This little stranger is such a mystery.” 

“Well, you hold your secret meetings in Christian Science, you will 


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please forgive me for not introducing myself, however, I learned more about 
men from you. ’ ’ 

The telephone bell rings. Is it someone feigning sickness, or is it only 
a claim ? 

As the clock ticks, the door opens and a real damsel enters. 

“What’s your claim ?” 

‘ ‘ Broken arches. ’ ’ 

“What did the doctor tell you was wrong with your feet ?” 

He said it was a very serious case.” 

“No, No,” said Alfred. “I find all is in your mind.” 

Such a strange remark, and as I noticed the lady’s- feet I realized that 
it was not her mind but that all was in her feet. 

“False illusion,” Alfred should be ashamed to take the money. I 
wanted to suggest to her to take her claim and her feet to a foot specialist, 
as they treat that sort of disease. 

I could not figure out Alfred’s nationality, it was as strange a mystery 
to me as his psychic power. 

“Never mind the argument at all, I am trying to get to the bottom 
of the facts. You say you heal every claim of disease, and then you deny 
that disease exists. Why do you call yourself a Christian Science practi¬ 
tioner? What about the true statement of being in the C. C. S. organi¬ 
zation, that you teach ? How do you account for that ? You say that 
Mrs. Eddy is your Mother God and who is our Father God ? Are we not 
all God’s children ? And who told you that you were a perfect child ? 
Is this objectionable,” queried the author? “Your secrets have invaded 
the realm of our Christian land. I wish to take this occasion to say that 
your false and malicious lies leave a very bad impression, and may this 
warning well represent the feeling of our Christian people. You have de¬ 
ceived the people.” 

I have translated every word and utterance that these cults practice, 
I remember every detail that is so vividly connected with my success in 
my new book. My heart surely goes out to the poor suffering humanity 
in my review. I could see a piece of art, in all their performances. The 
world should know of all the sorrow, sickness and shame, that is being kept 
from our dear people. The damage has been done, why stop at that ? 
On earth every healing practitioner is guilty of these hienous crimes, 
they are hardened in sin, these shouting hypocrites. They all seem quite 
gifted in personalities. 

Who shares the glory revealed by the glimpse of the story of winning 
souls ? Home wreckers have absolute confidence in Mrs. Eddy’s teach¬ 
ings. Her spirit will guide you through in the role of God’s perfect child. 


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I write in heart, thank goodness I murmur that I have just finished up 
with my review. Who was it who advanced the idea, the major cadet, a 
great deal connected with it or rather my friends have trusted me. 

As I continued on I had nothing to lose and all to gain in the light 
of human life and as I continue on my journey may God direct me next. 
What’s behind all of your secret claims, is it graft and easy living, as you 

rise in Christian Science ? Some one is waiting. 

* * * • 

Special 

Mrs. Greenwood with offices in the Hickox Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Mental Suggestion Supplied 

She claims that she too, is one of the inspired and divine healers of new 
thought, a society and organization known as The Divine Truth Center 
of Unity. They hold weekly noon day meetings for business men. This 
meeting is held Friday of each week at their main healing parlors in 
the Hickox Building, by the amiable Mrs. Greenwood. On Tuesdays and 
Thursdays of each week they hold timely and business sessions at Hotel 
Olmsted, Cleveland, Ohio. On Sunday mornings they also hold, at the 
same hotel, what they call a religious service of healing thought. The 
author had the direct pleasure of attending one of their Tuesday after¬ 
noon meetings. Being somewhat pressed for time, I entered the meet¬ 
ing at a late hour; however, I was satisfied that their pleadings and wail¬ 
ings were about the same as the Christian Science organization. 

Practically the same methods were used by them, all being the same 
Ism. As I glanced at the presiding master, a lady by the name of Rev. 
Prince, from Boston, Mass., (the home of Eddyism), who officiated at 
this glorious occasion, in the thirty minutes of my waiting, all I could 
gain was that give spirit of money. That was the important medium 
which the reverend was talking about. I was somewhat charmed, in fact. 
She had a very stout figure and sort of a determined spirit of understanding. 

She had quite a pleasing and sweet smiling personality. I could see that 
she was one of the divine spirit girls, directing her class instruction, teaching 
the weak minds to concentrate on the one idea of new thought, unity and 
divine science of suggestion, to which a charge is made, realizing she could 
not successfully carry on her business without the dollar. While she was 
speaking some spirit arose across the aisle and said, “We have forgotten 
the collection today.” At this moment I became more interested for I 
was very anxious t‘o find out just how they advanced the money thought. 
Some what of a combination I could see, the change of money coming 
across. 

The presiding elder from Boston, spoke of the gracious healing and 


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prosperity that was granted through that exchange of money spirit. I 
asked who the lady collector was; a voice told me that it is our Mrs. Gil- 
krest, of Cleveland. 

By this time I felt at home. Somehow, we have so many Cleveland 
spirits interested in this national cause of healing by mind power plus 
money, a real spiritual machine. All of the guests seemed to donate beau¬ 
tifully to the divine cause, but alas, I made my departure. As I was leaving 
the assembly room a very charming little spirit by the name of Mrs. Green¬ 
wood introduced herself to me. She asked me how I had enjoyed the 
meeting. “Wonderful,’’ I exclaimed. I felt that I was in Rome and must 
do as the Romans do. 

Knowing that it was a great pleasure and experience to be able to hear 
this princess of the hour, I felt that the afternoon was well spent. My 
newly made spiritual acquaintance kindly asked me to come to their heal¬ 
ing offices and get acquainted with the other leading lights in Divine 
Science a Unity of New Thought. 

I was quite fortunate to receive so friendly a welcome. I thanked my 
Spirit friend, and in my mind quickly decided to accept this grand invi¬ 
tation. It was nearing the close of my special investigation, every thing was 
working lovely and as I arrived at East 9th street and Euclid avenue, in 
the beautiful afternoon, I again asked the obliging officer if he could 
direct me to the Hickox Building, as I had an appointment to meet a divine 
spirit located in that building. Making sure that I should lose no time 
locating The New Thought I told him it was another New Ism. The officer 
says: “Hurry, hurry on, lady.” 

Arriving at the office I asked the elevator boy on what floor the Divine 
Ism was located. He burst out in a laugh and said, “Lady, there is some 
kind of a healer in room 725.” 

“My boy, I feel very grateful for your kind information.” As I 
entered the spacious office the very first spirit I saw I recognized as the 
friend I had met at the Hotel Olmsted. 

‘Good afternoon, dearie, won’t you be seated, I will be with you in a 
few moments,” she said. 

She was waiting upon a spirit customer, who was purchasing some heal¬ 
ing books of New Thought. I noticed that the customer asked the price. 
Mrs. Greenwood said, “That will be $1.15 please.” A real saleslady. 

Another spirit customer said she was looking for Monsieur Coue’s 
books. I listened as they discussed the Coue possibility in the “every day 
in every way you are getting better and better.” 

The spirit lady advanced the thought that Monsieur Coue’s ideas of 
autosuggestion was just what was needed to get the American people to 


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think. Whispering to myself, ‘ ‘ They, too, are laboring under false and fan¬ 
cied ideas.” 

Real hypnotic influence in all of their Isms. In looking about the re¬ 
ception room I chanced to see another private consultation room. Above 
the door was a little motto marked, “Silence.” That word has a wonder¬ 
ful meaning. Another motto read, “ Spiritual Psychology,” and still an¬ 
other motto on a beautiful little box read “The Rose Gift Offering.” 
While yet another beautiful one advanced the thought “I sat in silence, 
all was a serene mystery.” Some voice whispers to me, “Can’t you under¬ 
stand that all is in the divine teachings of my friend’s place; potted flowers 
and beautiful lamps make a wonderful fitting.” Again I thought, “Har¬ 
mony, be still and listen.” After the spirit lady had made up her change 
of the money for the day she smiled and said, “lam very happy to have you 
here.” Indeed it was quite mutual, every thing was so restful, oh so 
quiet, I could not even hear the hustle and clanging of the street car, the 
sound was muffled. We talked in general about the different healing societies 
and braving the storm, I told her the fate of the Christian Science Asso¬ 
ciation, and how their healing power hung in the balance. 

I told her of a number of arrests that had been made against the 
Christian Science practitioners. She said she had not noticed anything 
in the daily newspapers. (The Ghristian Scientists pay large sums of money 
in advertising their religion, and the Cleveland newspapers are safely 
guarding their commercialized interests. However in law the wrong will 
be righted). 

We discussed spiritualism. They are another Ism. She smiled pleasantly 
and said, “I suppose you will soon go after our organization ?” 

“The good Lord has been very good to you in protecting and hid¬ 
ing your Ism.” 

As the street lights began to dazzle in my eyes I bid my kind listener 
adieu. She chimed in and says: “I like you very much.” 

“How lovely.” 

She says: “You are a possibility, young lady.” 

I sweetly answered, “I am a probability.” 

The next day at about 10.00 A. M. I made my appearance at the Hotel 
Olmsted, where the Divine Science hold their activities, being very anx¬ 
ious to know just how they financed their hotel bill. 

In seeking the information, I called on the manager of the hotel and 
asked him what would be the cost of the same room for an afternoon meet¬ 
ing of a different organization that I was interested in. He told me if we 
would contract for a year he could make me a flat rate price of thirty 
dollars per week, that we could have this same assembly room for two 


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hours. In fact, he said, “That is our contract with the Divine Science Or¬ 
ganization. 9 ’ 

I thanked him and told him I would have to consider it. Really it 
seemed a very large price for so small an organization to pay. I wondered 
who paid the bill for the thought of better understanding of Divine 
Science. The poor weak individuals are the pay masters supported through 
illusions of the mind. 

They discourage doctors and medicine in their teaching. Every one 
becomes his own healer. Let’s get down now to business and figure up 
some of the overhead expenses and salaries of Mrs. Greenwood’s in the 
high rent district. It pays to advertise. Wonderful healings and blessings 
are being accomplished at this divine center of healing thought. I asked 
the Princess if they made a fee for their practice, she said yes. 

“And how are your healings made ?” 

“We have a special body of practitioners .’ 9 

I thought this sounded like Christian Science. Then I asked: “Is 
your society a kin to Christian Science ? ’ ’ 

And she said' “Our school was the oldest school of metaphysical 
healing. Years ago Christian Science stole our formula of divine spiritual 
understanding. ’ ’ 

I thought a deadly half truth. 

As Lord Tennyson says: “That a lie which is half a truth is ever the 
blackest of lies: That a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with, 
outright: But a lie which is part of a truth is a harder matter to fight. 
Who will answer ? 

* * * 

Mrs. L. A. R. Arnold, C. S. Degree. Offices, Osborn Building, Cleveland, 0. 

Phone, Prospect 809. Treatments Private. 

This new Ism is living high in the world of sin. Through the truth 
of the Mother God Mrs. Eddy, a wonderful business is just at its height. 
Making money ? Well, I should say so. Through the one divine mind. 

As I entered the office building I scanned the directory and just stood 
and meditated. Finding so many different names known to the 
Ism world, I was confused. Every Christian Science practitioner 
had his or her degree attached, C. C. S. Science says when the world 
reaches that degree of love and understanding of Mrs. Eddy there will be 
no need for doctors or surgeons. I understand that God gave us food 
did he not? Herbs and medicine, doctors and surgeons. “But dearie,” 
says Lady Arnold. “Who gave poison? The doctors.” 

My thoughts went back to the very strange things that I have heard 


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in the spirit world of reading and reading Mrs. Eddy’s books of that 
nothing of Christian Science. 

“But just how do you account for the poor suffering humanity ?” 

“Well, dearie, that is only mortal mind robbing us of our conscious 
mind. Pain is reflected in pain through mortal error. 

‘ ‘ But you can see only one side of your Ism. How is Christian Science 
applied ? Does the subject go into a half state of unconscious condition ? 
This is illusion you say ? ’ ’ 

I hold before me the mirror which pictures to me the silly looking face 
of females with their sulky eyes, each repeating that she is a gift from Mrs. 
Eddy. Some poor afflicted body is waiting for these saints to heal. It 
doesn’t make much difference who it is. As I murmur to myself, a fanatic 
of that divine spirit of Mrs. Eddy. 

I noticed a strange appearance in the personality of Lady Arnold, 
something seemed so secret, a likeness of the same Christian Science smile, 
it was so peaceful. 

“Dearie, Mrs. Eddy’s children are all so happy in her divine love.” 

I could not keep from smiling in the loveliness of the surroundings of 
my spirit friend. I wondered, “Are there any angels in heaven?” Every 
thing was silent and a faint whisper said, “Sure, you are now in direct 
communication with our dear dead Mother God.” 

I thought only a shadow, guess some one is treading on treacherous 
ground. Quite true, this is a grave situation ? It is my duty and my 
social obligation to reveal it. Our law making branches, and should be the su¬ 
preme power. The tide is turning, now we must conquer. Make a quick 
get away. While recruiting from my rank of the spirit boys and girls 
there appears that memorable aspect, the spiritual healer, Lady Arnold. 
How can these horrible crimes be permitted any longer by this misunder¬ 
stood religion of Mrs. Eddy’s. The master mind was well informed to 
the secret ways of and protection through political organization. The 
bell rings, “Hello,” It may be some dog at the end of Lady Arnold’s 
line. She says that animals receive the same blessings as our human be¬ 
ings. We must be still and seek the truth. 

Many sorrowful deaths have occurred at the hands of this outrageous 
band’s misrepresentation of God’s power and mystery. Her very veins are 
saturated with human blood. What are the wild waves saying ? Across 
the hall another offense is being committed, the lady author has secured 
evidence that will toss into yesterday that nothing, the glitter of 
Christian Science. Their tide is ebbing away, watch your step, some one 
is speculating. 

There is a confidence ring in all of the activities of this reputed organi- 


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zation of Christian Science that is shifting its operatives into a wide scope of 
territory, this bunch of religious swindlers. I leave you with your Mother 
God. 


Harry K. Filler, of Columbus, Ohio. 

Who duly swears that he is the counsellor and dean of the Christian 
Science metaphysical research of spiritual understanding. He is known 
as a good traveler at the expense of the poor paralysed public. He makes 
weekly trips between Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio, directing the Honor¬ 
able Francis B. Kavanagh in shielding from the public’s eye the schemes 
and graft of the so-called Christian Science bright lights. 

He has figured in a number of law suits to which his spiritual friends 
have been in part. The author had the direct pleasure of seeing and 
hearing Harry K. Filler on the witness stand of the Municipal Court of 
Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio, when the state was trying the noted 
case against Arthur W. Marriott, Christian Science practitioner for unlaw¬ 
fully extorting money and practicing medicine without a state license. 
The State’s attorney in examining the said Harry K. Filler and on direct 
cross examination asked the said healing apostle, “Why was it that the 
said young lady died?” 

He answered back that she had only passed on. 

The Attorney was asked the question, why was it that Arthur W. Mar¬ 
riott the healing apostle did not cure this said young woman. 

Filler answered the court by saying that if the ppactioner Marriott 
could have gained control of the family’s mind, the young lady would have 
been living today the same as the rest of us. 

Dr. Harry Filler is a noted specialist in the healing world of the 
metaphysical faith cure. The writer will now give to the public the true 
conditions of Filler’s mental and physical condition. He is afflicted 
with a very serious impediment of speech which makes it hard for one to 
understand him. This distinguished disciple is a hypnotist beyond all 
human comprehension, a spiritual prodigy, a dual consciousness of mortal 
mind. His sole purpose is to teach hypnotism, making his subject under¬ 
stand he is the presiding medium spreading this wave of insanity through 
his mysterious mind. 

By his vicious teaching he is enabled to enroll numbers of victims, his 
sole purpose being to victimize the poor humans. This individual is seek¬ 
ing to monopolize all the claims in healing disease. 

Down deep in his heart he knows that he is wrong. The writer has 
explained to the public in the early part of her story the condition of 
this metaphysical healer. Why doesn’t Filler cure his own vocal organs? 


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It is a crime to let this deluded man impose himself upon our Christian 
land. 

This case is the same old story of criminal graft. His rising to fame 
was advanced through his Christion Science organization. He claims that 
he can cure any malady by his Hindu occult absent treatment. The 
question advanced by the writer is, “Why doesn’t he cure his own afflicted 
body?” 

He is a victim of superstition in this fit of fanaticism, promoted by 
selfish desires. 

I understand that Dr. Filler has many allies in his business profession. 
He is always in direct communication with the divine thought of Frances 
B. Kavanagh, the leading Christian Science Attorney, and has spiritual 
communication with his departed Mother God, Mrs. Eddy. 

Mrs. Margaret J. Miller, Offices, Clarence Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Phone, Main 6263. Appointments Made. 

You will notice this line is a direct line to her main office. The Madame 
holds a spiritual key to the closed consultation room of her self developed 
power. Friends, you will please notice that the writer visited the Jane of 
the hour, and if my audience will bear with me I will give to them my 
experiences in visualizing Mother God’s ideal perfect child, a woman. 

Being a special investigator on Christian Science secrets, I have found 
that hidden key. As I entered Margaret’s luxurious offices she said: 
“Dearie, have you an appointment ?” 

Just wait a moment, do you get the point- ? Guess I understand the 
Science part and thought of that appointment glamour known only to our 
dear Christian Scientists. The lady inquired of me, “Where do you at¬ 
tend church ?” I told her that I had visited the Fourth Church of Christ 
Scientist at East 105 street, Cleveland, Ohio. I had attended their meet¬ 
ings on two different occasions, also had attended the Wednesday evening 
testimonial meetings. She asked, if I heard any of the wonderful healing 
demonstrations and blessings of Mother God. “As I did not understand 
Science I could not appreciate the meeting.” “Dearie, it is so restful 
and refreshing.” 

The writer thought that it was restful enough, in fact I had never at- * 
tended such a sham experience of the truth. 

It was a wonderful church. As I gazed at the ceiling and pipe organ, I 
wondered whose money paid for this edifice ? I was ushered in by one 
of the divine spirits with the heavenly and Christ look appearance. I 
shall be frank in explaining to you, I thought who comes here? It must be 
the devil. 


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The meeting was far different from any religions service I have ever 
attended. I found Stuart Johnson. He was the first spirit who made his 
appearance on the platform. Garbed in white and like a statue he gazed 
over the flock. The audience rose and the divine Johnson read about Mrs. 
Eddy their divine leader. The Wednesday evening meeting is when they 
put on a demonstrative show. Oh, I heard such strange things and saw 
such qeer looking people, I just confess it was a real show. 

Some deluded spirit, a man, would rise and tell how he had prospered 
in some transaction, and that he was thankful for the prosperity and 
strength that Mrs. Eddy had been able to give him through the truth of 
the Science of the Mother God. 

Any one would have felt delighted with such unusual prosperity, in 
putting through such a business deal. 

Another one of Mrs. Eddy’s Chosen Children gave her understanding 
of what she had been able to demonstrate through this strange mind. 
The lady said that she had been in Pittsburgh, Penn., employed as a 
traveling sales agent and at the hotel where she was stopping the clerk put 
her bill in her box for the week ending. Several days she waited on a 
check from her company. She kept declaring the truth of the one mind, 
and then upon the arrival of the financial check, she could get no one to 
cash it. She just took Science and Health, key to Mrs. Eddy’s Scripture, clos¬ 
ed her eyes and repeated that she was Mrs. Eddy’s perfect child. She 
was able to make a wonderful demonstration of the truth. Her check 
was casJied. I could not resist the temptation to speculate, and at once 
I figured that all good things come to those who wait. Thanks. 

Another poor soul said that she and her husband had become estranged, 
and she kept declaring the truth of Mother God, and through the aid of 
her spirit friends she had been able to win her husband back. 

Across the aisle some man arose and wanted to tell the wonderful 
blessings that he had received through the Spirit of Mrs. Eddy. He said 
that three companions and he were riding in a car; they came to a steep 
precipice, the steering wheel broke and all went over the embankment. 
This poor soul said that he kept declaring the truth of his Mother God, 
that the other poor sinners did not understand Mother God’s teachings, 
and they were lost. 

Some poor unfortunate little girl apparently fifteen years of age, arises 
in this demonstrative meeting. She, too, wishes to tell the people of the 
wonderful demonstration that she had been able to make. She said she 
had a cat, and the cat gave birth to three kittens; all were born blind. On 
the ninth day, this little trio opened their eyes and saw the light of day 


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for which she was fully blessed through Mrs. Eddy’s understanding of the 
truth. 

Friends, what a shocking story from the lips of this child. We all 
know that God intended the kittens to open their eyes on the ninth day. 

Then the presiding elder, Stuart Johnson, raising his voice to elegant 
audible tones, commended this young youth on her wonderful demon¬ 
strative healing power, upon the three divine little kittens, they too, be¬ 
ing Mother God’s perfect kittens. 

Some poor old colored woman arose and said she took this opportunity 
of giving her blessing and demonstration of the truth. She said: dat 
there wus a little mouse in her house that haunted her; she’s gwine to lose 
her min’, she jest red de mah savior de mudder gawd, halleluian to de 
Mary Baker Eddy hallelu. “I wants to make my peace wid de mudder 
gawd. En I praise her de Mary, I ’ll praise her till I ’se die. I ’ll sing de praise 
everywhere: Befo’ dis time anothuh yeh I may be a gone en some ole lone¬ 
some graveyahd. I sing de praise of der mudder gawd, Mrs. Eddy, Hal- 
lelua.” 

The writer thought, “Is you tellin’ de truth”? 

I did not ask my spiritual friend Mrs. Miller where she attended church. 
“Do you believe Mrs. Eddy was appointed as the divine spiritual adviser?” 

She glanced at me a moment and said: “Yes dearie, Mrs. Eddy was 
without doubt God’s chosen child to direct and help us to have a better 
understanding of one’s self, in that spirit of Christ like mind.” 

My thoughts kept flitting; presently I felt that one meets with various 
types of nature. I found Margaret a rather stout and striking looking 
woman, busy helping to save the suffering humanity. Presently the phone 
rings, the madame says, “Hello dearie.” To me she said, “Please excuse 
me.” 

Some one is wanting an absent treatment. “I will go right to work for 
you,” she said. At this moment I realized that the doctor woman was 
in. ‘ Dearie, we do not believe in sickness, all is mortal error, ’ ’ she said to me. 

I noticed on her door her office hours respectfully. A real business 
transaction living under the guise of this form of Christianity. 

Do not the practitioners and healers realize that they are sending their 
very souls to hell, and making the way hard for their followers? I could 
not help but discover that Margaret was a very well kept madame. She 
was dressed in a striking one piece blue silk dress. I murmured to myself, 
“God have mercy on the little silk worms.” 

I was speaking to a friend of mine and trying to describe the person¬ 
ality of this healing apostle and her prosperity as viewed from the public 
eye. This friend chimed in and said, “I have an acquaintance, a woman 


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whose husband is taking prosperity treatments from Mrs. Miller. The gen¬ 
tleman had made a business trip to Milwaukee, Wis., and each day she 
gave this gentleman absent treatment to help him through his business 
transactions. She was transmitting these thoughts of concentration so 
that he could get the better of the deal. ,, It was not the spirit of ’61, it 
was the Christian Science spirit. Leaving my readers to read between the 
lines of Principle, Money and Religion, this designated Margaret also 
gives wonderful blessings and healing in the animal kingdom. 

The wife of the husband who was the patient of Mrs. Miller called 
upon my friend. This friend had a very sick little dog, and this woman 
suggested that she call the healer, Mrs. Miller, over the phone for a treat¬ 
ment of the claim of the little dog. Poor little fellow; he had only a claim, 
but was then suffering, going into one convulsion after another. Yet this 
spirit claimed that the poor little creature was only laboring under a 
false illusion, and through the divine spirit of Mrs. Miller the little dog 
would be healed of his claim. Poor little suffering fellow! he was taken to 
the animal hospital, he lapsed into unconsciousness, little realizing that 
he could have been spared had he only believed in the divine mind of 
Mrs. Miller, the spirit friend. 

Introducing 

Mrs. Eva L. Pumphrey, Offices, Guardian Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Phone, Main 3484, a strictly private line on thought. 

This prosperous mental expert in mind suggestion is the belle of Cleve¬ 
land, a successful Christian Science practitioner. She has a wonderful 
knowledge of spiritual understanding in the every day history of her 
character analysis of mind over matter. She is a human radio, in visualiz¬ 
ing and in mental vibrations. The writer again takes the stroll into the 
beautiful office of the divine Eva. 

I was greeted with a ray of sunshine, “Good morning Dearie. Did 
you have an appointment ?” 

“No madam, I am from out of town and wishing to make a noon train, 
I am in somewhat of a hurry. ” As I gazed about the room I saw a number 
of white and colored ladies, waiting, as I supposed, for the Madam’s 
special divine treatment, when she would pray upon the mind that all 
is love with God’s Perfect Children. 

I told the madam that I realized that she was very busy, that I could 
arrange a call at a later date. I looked very prosperous to her this beauti¬ 
ful morning and she could not resist the temptation of giving me a heal¬ 
ing. She politely asked her flock if they would mind if she could arrange 
the meeting with me then ? All consented in perfect harmony. I felt a 


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little strange, and I realized that I too, would become one of their spirit 
friends. 

As she escorted me into her consultation room she asked me if I was 
interested in Christian Science. I informed her, “Very much so.” She 
inquired as to what Christian Science books I had studied. Being ac¬ 
quainted with the inside secrets of this commercial organization she felt 
that I could be trusted into their secret order. 

It is a certified prosperous association with a perfect business propo¬ 



sition, selling religion and metaphysical healing. I assured the spiritual 
healer that I was one hundred per cent. She then started in to give me a 
mental treatment by closing her beautiful eyes. She said to me, “Dearie, 
you are so spiritual and Christ like, you would make a wonderful Chris¬ 
tian Science practitioner.” Then she came out of her spell, a real hypnotic 
state of being and I said to the invisible spirit, “Do you think so ?” 

While searching for words, I asked Eva what the requirements would be 
to become a practitioner. She told me that I would have to take class 
instruction. I smiled and said “There must be wonderful opportunities 











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in the healing field, as all of the Christian Science practitioners are so 
prosperous looking. ” 

She said: “Behold the thought of Love and Principle, and you shall 
receive. Dearie, our supply comes through the channel of our Mother 
God’s love.” 

I whispered to myself that long ago I had discovered that principle 
was money. Drawing myself nearer the fortune teller I grasped for breath. 
Then the divine spirit told me that there was a man by the name of Mr. 
Ely, who had offices in the Osborn Building, Cleveland, a practitioner 
who held class instruction, teaching one to become a practicing Christian 
Science healer, curing all ills and sickness by knowing the divine truth. 

I asked the spirit what would be the cost of this course of class instruc¬ 
tion. She smiled sweetly and said one hundred dollars for six lessons 
in the healing art. It took my breath away. Then I asked her just how 
the payment was arranged. She smiled at me saying, “Dearie, in advance.” 

I told her that I was indeed very sorry but was afraid that I would 
have to sacrifice the opportunity of becoming a practitioner, as it was im¬ 
possible for me to pay the hundred dollars in advance. Again she said, 
“Dearie, perhaps you could arrange to borrow that amount from some 
friend. ’ ’ 

I informed her that I had no financial friends who would take the re¬ 
sponsibility of loaning me that sum. A queer feeling crept over me. A voice 
says, “Thou shalt not steal.” The madame told me there were two other 
women who also gave class instruction; one was Mrs. Lida W. Fitzpatrick, 
with offices in the C. A. C. Building, Cleveland. Another class instructor 
was Mrs. Stone of Cleveland, but she suggested that I would get along 
better in my training under the influences of a man instructor. As I was 
taking my departure the lady kindly gave me her professional card. 

I asked her if she would mind giving me the address of this heal¬ 
ing instructor of metaphysical understanding. 

She beautifully responded by writing professor Ely’s office address on 
her calling card. Upon my investigation I was told it meant a fifty-fifty 
business proposition in class instruction. Who dares to raise his voice 
in behalf of the suffering humanity against these Christian Science freaks? 

* * * 

The Christian Scientists claim that their system serves as a stabilizer 
for men. The problem is one of the most serious our people have 
to cope with. They are on the rampage with furious speed. In their 
rushing forth for power they seek every means to keep themselves from 
the embarrassment of the public. The law must keep these cults at bay. 


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To let these conditions continue would mean a clash, which would result 
in dangerous complications. 

It is a perfectly well arranged cold blooded demand for money. The 
laxity of law has permitted this timely barbarism to crucify the people. 
When one stops to think of the costly churches and the political power 
they have gained, it is almost impossible to comprehend the present crisis 
that is facing our American people. The Christian Science must be 
crushed; then they will be helpless. 

We must strike the blow hard. My friends, conditions are ap¬ 
palling, we must no longer give encouragement. They are a jealous and 
selfish body; no doubt as to their substantial price. They are sworn enemies 
of the Christian people. They discard all decency of the human rights, 
through the old witchcraft of Mrs. Eddy, who is gambolling with the devil. 

Awake from our dream and fight. In order to make my interpreta¬ 
tion true we must apply ourselves with full force. We are in actual contact 
with the evils, for they have fortified themselves against any outbreak. 
We must meet them on equal terms. The clash must not come as a sur¬ 
prise, history only repeats itself; they have had a sudden stroke of for¬ 
tune by murdering thousands of souls for money greed. Mary Baker 
Eddy’s dream has made them millions and millions of dollars out of 
Christian Science. 

They would lead one to believe that our Christian land is becoming 
Eddyismed. Any one is eligible to the organization if they enter into a 
combine in the name of Mrs. Eddy. This association pledges to rid itself 
of all charity obligations except the gift basket. It is an organ of 
commercialized graft, a tremendous power of political influences. We 
have reached the extreme. We must enact legislative laws to stop the in¬ 
vasion of Christian Science. I feel that I have a new lease of life, since 
I have found their haunts and given to our people the full knowledge of 
this political undercurrent. The Christian people in the next generation 
will rule this land of ours just as the Almighty had intended. We shall 
be confronted with a stern opposition from all the different fake cults. 
They will fight for their precious possession of healing power. Drop in 
line, my Christian friend, and follow the procession. 4 ‘We must attract 
attention my fellow citizens and countrymen,” as my friend Senator 
Carmack of Tennessee has said. This frenzied bunch of swindlers claim 
that Mrs. Eddy’s spirit shall rule this universe. I have predicted a sweep¬ 
ing victory. Who will pilot and engineer this wonderful constructive 
campaign ? Now is the time for our ministers and clergymen to get busy 
and discuss from their pulpits this present crisis. 

They have fallen short of their duty and obligation as Christian minis- 


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ters; they are just waiting for someone else to sound the warning. My 
readers, I would highly respect a body of men who would stand for the 
sincerity of their convictions. 

Our ministers should be our great leaders in exposing to the world 
the secret of this religious association. The clergy with their vast ex¬ 
periences and sympathy and understanding, and with a sense of moral 
duty, should help in this struggle of saving human life. 

I have heard of different ministers of the gospel preaching to their 
congregation about the many questions pertaining to graft, the flapper 
and public officials. 

Why not go a step farther, and attack this commercialized organiza¬ 
tion, a self styled religious body and leave the poor individuals out of the 
public eye. Give to the world more of God's words. Every pulpit in the 
land should do its Christian duty, the real fact which breathes the truth. 

In not one prayer meeting that is held in the Christian Science asso¬ 
ciation do they mention the name of Jesus. They send out prayers for 
their Mother God and yet, so to speak, no one understands Eddyism. They 
cover their sins in the consoling thought of that one mind, the value of that 
nothing of Christian Science. 

On Monday, Dec. 4, 1922 the Christian Science Association brought to 
Cleveland, Ohio, John C. Lathrop, C. S. B. Degree of Brooklin, Mass., a 
director of the leadership of the Mother Church at Boston. His com¬ 
ing to Cleveland was to help his poor associates in concentration on the 
numerous criminal law suits which w r ere instituted against the leading 
Christian Science leaders of Cleveland, he being somewhat of a recognized 
authority of cultism and a leading star performer of the First Christ 
Scientist Church of Boston, Mass. This gentleman Bostonian is an ap¬ 
proved noted lecturer on criminal graft. He tells the world that Eddyism 
is a cure for all diseases. His poor deranged dupes believe him. What 
a factory he must have to produce such healing lies. He can look you 
straight in the face, telling you, “There is no such disease as smallpox, 
diphtheria, cancer and broken bones." Their spiritual knowledge of 
understanding is finding out that food does not sustain life, that while 
one eats, the so-called material food has no real life. The said speaker of 
the house sets claim that all diseases are the result of evil thought. 

I guess that John’s the authority on metaphysical power. Some few 
years ago in Illinois thousands of cattle died from foot and mouth disease. 
Would Sir John say that it was the result of evil thoughts of the cattle? 
The Eddyites deny the personality of God. 

The writer would suggest that before he makes such claims to anyone, 
the distinguished Bostonian must forget the Mother God Science and 


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Health, and turn to the Scriptures, John 17:5; Christ prayed, ‘ ‘ And now 
oh Father, glorify thou me with, thine own self, with the glory which I had 
with thee before the world was.” 

Christ said: “I go to prepare a place for you and will come again 
and shall receive you unto myself that where I am there you may be also. ’’ 

Why can J. C. L., C. S. B. travel in luxury and stay in fine hotels ? 
Who pays the bills ? John, I well realize that you are on the trail of the 
dollar, anyone who is connected in that constructive metaphysical mind, 
and your association must receive blessings of thought and benefit. Go 
back to Boston, shake hands with your poor self, return thanks to the 
dear Lord that you have been safely protected, though the poor souls 
have paid dearly. 

I imagine I hear my Science spirit saying, “all is in the mind.” Give 
back the gold you have coined, you are not a spirit child of God, only an 
ally of Satan controverser. With his associated evil spirit, bury the past 
of yesterday, no longer hide the blood stains of human life, denounce 
your Mother God who is your master mind! You are a menace to society. 

He who hath followed the way of the sinner and who has fallen by 
the wayside through Christian Science is doubly cursed. 

* * * 

Introducing 

Burton B. Turner, Offices, Rose Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Phone, Cherry 2198 For a better understanding of one’s self. 

Another inspired child of Mother God. Look who’s here. The dean ! 
The invisible and transparent spirit of personal liberty, through the or¬ 
gan and the pillar of the Second Church of Christ Scientist, Euclid and 
77th street, Cleveland, and official instructor in the healing art, the world 
of mystery, the mystic powers, from the one who has traveled the realm of 
the unknown faith. 

Wrestled in the solemn secret, this far reaching master, the divine im¬ 
postor of the deluded mind, Burton has quite a program while his funda¬ 
mental principle is money, a terrible disgrace to our beautiful city of 
Cleveland. He is committing a human outrage. How lovely it must be 
to. be able to travel abroad returning back to the dear old Cleveland town 
with the one mind, with the pleasures of Europe gleaming forth from the 
heavenly rest, while shifting and sailing the ocean waters, with that beau¬ 
tiful thought and spirit of the one Christ like child, Mrs. Eddy’s Jove. 
The author now recalls to her mind hearing of this distinguished gentle¬ 
man, being well acquainted with a poor little girl to whom the said 
Burton gave his spiritual treatments, extracting her last dollar. This 
same poor young lady I had kept in clothing. I often asked her just what 


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kind of treatments this master mind gave. “ Oh ”! she would say, ‘ ‘ He would 
hold my hand and go into a trance, then repeat that all was love, that you 
must know the truth of the divine mind.” The young lady later went to 
Detroit and when she returned to Cleveland I said to her, “You 
must have missed your Dr. Turner’s treatments while you were away.” 
“No,” she said: “He gave me absent treatments.” 

“Well did he charge for those absent treatments ?” She said she al¬ 
ways sent money from Detroit to him. 

The lady author had the pleasure of recently meeting this polished 
gentleman, all dressed in his pinched back suit. Stepping forward light¬ 
ly on his toes, he asked me, “Lady, did you have an appointment?” 

My readers, you can readily realize that it was the same old “Dearie,” 
appointment stuff again. I became quite familiar with all this silly talk. 
I caught Burton visualizing into the future. 

I thought he was such a spiritual looking man, well, young and hand¬ 
some. Between acts I tried hard to really know if he was in the direct spirit 
land with Mrs. Eddy. My time was somewhat limited and I realized that 
he had patients waiting for his special faith, and as I mingled my thoughts 
all over again I realized that I was somewhat charmed with his person¬ 
ality. I hardly can describe him. Oh, such a polish, the desired effect. It 
was just Burton performing the miracles of the spiritual understanding 
of Mother God’s perfect man, a murmur, a thrill, a real treat to Broad¬ 
way. How thankful I feel in being able to meet this blessed man with the 
spiritual understanding. 

In Cleveland I have met most delightful spirits. He is just the man 
of any woman’s heart. As I bid farewell to my celebrity I thought how 
happy he must feel to have returned back to dear old America, which 
holds such a future for the trusted medium. Again, while I play my cast 
into the hand of today, this anxious spirit with a collapsible eye is hover¬ 
ing under an illusion and hidden understanding. In his delusion and sudden 
mania, he is a hero in the role of God’s perfect child, uniting the drifting 
souls, giving to them love, prosperity and happiness, supplying the ab¬ 
sent treatment in his true state of mortal mind. It is the same old song 
with the same old tune of Mother God’s love. 

While my mind is still revolving I shall now find my goal in the hidden 
symbol of the Christian Science Association, success and a glimpse into the 
future of that nothing Christian Science. 

It is. interesting to note in the Plain Dealer that this spirit boy, Mr. 
Burton Turner of 3338 Euclid avenue has returned from a trip to Pales¬ 
tine and Egypt, and he also spent much time in Italy and Greece, and 
on his return home his many spiritual friends welcomed him back into 


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their mystical circle of hoodwinking the poor people. He is a regular 
fellow in concentration of mind, supplying the principle money, dream- 
of another pleasure trip abroad in the field of opportunity in the divine 
spirits of understanding, a real grafter. 

He has attained the maximum brilliancy of psychic power. He has 
been playing the game many years, his temperamental and daring schemes 
forcing upon wearied minds the professional understanding of faith con¬ 
structed mental power of this self styled gentleman, in his retiring re¬ 
pose, flutters about, leading the life in the divine thought of the mas¬ 
ter mind. A real specialist in woman’s diseases, a guaranteed spiritual 
adviser, mending broken hearts while you wait, a sublime creature, the 
uude of yesterday, an irrestible man of nature, the ideal Burton. His soul 
is tinged with human blood. 

* * * 

Introducing 

Herbert Baldwin, Offices, Osborn Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Phone Prospect 971. Absent treatment and healing messages assured. 

Permanent cure of any highly developed mind. 

He now enters upon the business field of prosperity through Christian 
Science, goes on record as a safeguard of love, and its greatest possessions 
with a mighty understanding of Mary’s Ism. With correct claims, a man 
of mystery, a medium of spiritual psychic powers, he has cleverly laid the 
plot to torture poor people for money. Day in and day out finds this 
busy spirit in his office, answering his phone, administering to the poor 
afflicted beings. 

He makes some distinction as to his clientele; only those who look pros¬ 
perous will be interviewed. Every one of this gang are out to do the 
other fellow. 

Halt the crime, do away with these conspirators, a public nuisance. This 
gentleman keeps on steadily extorting the dollar and abusing the poor 
weak minds. Do we see a ray of light on the horizon ? Are the people be¬ 
ginning to realize that they have been robbed and tortured long enough ? 
Any man or woman who possesses an ounce of character would not ex¬ 
ploit his ignorance; he would not even be a party to any secret healing 
organization delusion. Who will settle the question of these criminals 
right to keep on maiming the people, stealing the bread from poor chil¬ 
dren’s mouths. Herbert, go into an honest man’s field. Why sell your soul 
to the devil ? 

Where are the supreme standards of morals, where are the principles, 
and may we ask the prayers of our good Lord in helping these half crazed 
idiots through the spirit voice of their Mother God ? 


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You try to treat the poor children who suffer from diphtheria with all 
its dreadful mortality. You are tortureing the lives of these precious little 
ones, through your ill belief. You have taken every effort to discredit the 
system of medicine and anti-toxin through your healing knowledge. The 
sick desire to get well, but after they are associated with the pangs of the 
devil the hour is late. 

Mr. Baldwin, it is my sole purpose to decry you real fixers of justice ! 
You know that your association has a purchasing power and that this is the 
way it keeps multiplying its schemes. 

Do you know that you have no law to protect you in your vicious claims 
of collecting blood money? Your spiritual companions have masked their 
political weapon; they have gone to the extreme to win their propaganda. 
There must be a check and a ban on your healing claims. We can stead¬ 
fastly rely on medicine and on physicians for our cure of disease. 

Do you not realize that the birth of Christian Science was dug up by a 
clever old woman, and put into action by her aspiring agents ? 

Selling souls to the highest bidder is your generous scheme. Your fu¬ 
ture life is assured in the belief of your mental suggestion, and as the 
blossom of your life will be ebbed away in life’s tragedy, a solemn verdict, 
shall you now ascend to the celestial height of your false belief. 

* * * 

Introducing 

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, England’s Noted Spiritualist. Thinks and 
theorizes. He is a specialist in the experimental stage, known as the leading 
spokesman of Spiritualism. 

His tangibility of thought is only a dream of illusion. He ponders un¬ 
til he believes he has developed a spiritual medium. His contention is 
that in the hereafter the affinity of souls are gathered in one union, to 
which they live in the higher plane of life. He claims we dwell in complete 
happiness, in the spirit of the dead. This spiritualistic author believes that 
the mediumistic power lies dormant in every living human, to which he 
claims a wonderful spiritual understanding, can only be appreciated (as 
he says) by so few. 

He sets forth that in a few periods of years our spirits will rise to the 
higher plane to which the author doubts the feasibility of his conduct. 
Still, this higher father said that life after death is eternal, and that our 
spirits are continually kept on the move. Sir Arthur describes the 
other plane as a paradise while he continues to say there is a lower place 
known as purgatory. He claims that suicide is not a short cut to the 
spirit life. If we have any financial worries through despondency they 
are bound to remain with us until we seek passage on the other plane. 


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• We suffer no physical pain after death. He says that everything is on the 
other side, that our spirits are regulated through sympathy. I am wonder¬ 
ing how this distinguished man has figured such a condition out. It seems 
to be a survival of the fittest, while a complete harmony will still exist. 
I question the mutual understanding of the divine spirit of Conan Doyle. 
This spiritual soul says he can furnish proof on the existence of life 
after death. We cannot accept any crazy statements even though it 
is furnished by one of England’s bloods. I can see and realize wherein 
he feels that he can communicate with his loved ones who have passed to 
the great beyond. There remains some mystery; he mtist have his positive 
wires crossed. He is like Coue, he gives America credit for all of the spirit¬ 
ual and mystic understanding. Thus he depends upon America, the dump¬ 
ing grounds for all fanatics and Isms. 

We are living in the age of many new discoveries, of high power explo¬ 
sives the unreal things in life are being developed by acts of these double 
crossers, and the supreme sacrifices are being made to a few favored be¬ 
ings of this spiritualistic power. The human race is losing its efficiency 
and thinking through this wave of suggestion. One seems incompetent to 
realize the seriousness of these spiritual theories, of the different fake re¬ 
ligions, of the shams and beliefs developing into a commercialized game 
in each new fandangle of illusion. In the very essence of crime, the cults 
are pulling their political string. 

Any belated stranger can rejoice to his greatest satisfaction by shout¬ 
ing the claim of spiritual understanding. The lady author has made a 
vigorous, persistent struggle for justice till the stubborn - foes are begin¬ 
ning to understand that facts are staring them in the face. As the writer 
retraces the steps she fought in the suffrage, year after year gives courage 
to what can be accomplished by tactful perseverance. Although exciting 
moments were experienced, now I may give to the world the interesting 
side lights and events of this spiritual high life in Cleveland, Ohio, a com¬ 
mercialized trust I have completed my review and the keynote shall 
sound the alarm of danger, as it lurks in each practitioner’s closet. The 
Eddyites have a keen sense of concentration on the pocketbook; they dream 
of their spirit adherent to their Mother God's teaching. 

Their charm is found in their gay life, the pearl of the devil, the vicious 
stronghold of morality which is covered through the understanding of 
Mother God. (It is lavish history through hynotism, a supreme sacrifice, a 
cherished relationship of ill belief.) They have no marriage laws. They have 
a companionship of free love; they are mind over matter victims of a 
strange mania, anointing the very veins with poisonous beliefs. 

These large herds are following the flock; they are trailing the mighty 


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dollar of this new advanced idea, an established Ism, the forum of the ideal 
master mind. All are speculating. I have advanced the idea to a number 
of these so-called Christian Science practitioners, and asked them why it was 
that their healing powers were not advanced in the years gone by. The wise 
men said we are just beginning to reach our mental growth. Surely the devil 
is making a rapid progress, paving the way for all sorts of criminals. Poor 
unfortunates are being led to slaughter through evil teaching predominat¬ 
ing. It is clearly seen that our land is infested with these strange beliefs; 
they chuckle over their clever and shrewd methods. No one possesses a 
clearer intuition than the author of this book. 

Doc. Coue says he feels that American money is free for the asking, 
that the lame brains need a tuning up; in every way it is free America. 

Conan Doyle says, “America produces the best spirit blushes.” 

I have decided to dedicate my life, to pool my fortune, in the blossom 
of tomorrow. 

* * re¬ 

introducing 

Albert M. Peters, C. C. S. Office, Clarence Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Phone Main 1380. Adjustments of the brain. 

The new psychic thought bug is not the Ku Klux Klan, but an Ism. 
He’s the deceiver so to speak of his spiritual power. Albert said, “Surely 
I cure and heal diseases, set the broken bones, and unite the broken heart by 
eye vibration.” Albert becomes peeved and excited when the sheriff of 
Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio serves papers, making him a defendant 
in a hundred thousand dollar damage case for loss of life. The honorable 
Albert Peters holds the dictatorialship as a director of means in the Fourth 
Church of Christ Scientist at 105th street Cleveland, Ohio. 

Who said psycho-analyst ! He is considered the ace in hypnotism, a 
system best known to himself. His lips are sealed with trickery and de¬ 
termination, whatever the price may be. His scrapings are secret pos¬ 
sessions. What’s in the game ? 

Well, he seems only an ordinary fellow; yet he gives you a direct line 
of communication with his Mother God, still busy fooling them, a positive 
thinking, all wise powerful imagination. Get in line to receive the vibration 
that Albert is now throwing off. He’s a real healer in faith confidence, 
he’s a member of the spirit boys and girls club. Stay near the shore. Did 
some one say that Rome burned while Nero fiddled? I wager that he is 
a real heart breaker. As I gazed upon this supreme being I realized that 
strange and queer look which made its appearance. It was only an illu¬ 
sion. Thou shalt know thy great power. When applying the truth it in- 


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deed seems strange to meet a man medium of such unusual ability. He 
reaps a wonderful price by knowing the ‘ ‘ Christ Like Mind. ’ ’ 

This emaciated spirit is the man of mystery. Do I see the mental pic¬ 
tures of the devil of that nothing the Mother God? He is a clinging vine 
of his soul mate. He’s influenced by the belief that he too is Mother God’s 
Perfect Child. He has no regard for shame and decency. You have pressed 
your claims. You are administering to the one hope of your everlasting 
freedom. 

You have carried your work into the lulls of the storm, this is my story, 
to which I am outlining to you crime by faith. By the long years of your 
destructive methods you are constantly receiving recruits to your ranks. 

Now, Albert, the rising tide is sweeping you off the pier. Do you hear 
the bursting sounds of that something .of 1923 and see the dark clouds in 
the beautiful heavens? Be fearful of the future; your peaceful healing 
days are numbered. I hear you are the regular practitioner. You have taken 
a human life. Do you feel that fiendish spirit of your Mother God ? A 
strange voice is calling, are you being tempted by her, can you erase the 
human impulse of your animal magnetism ? Your spirit friends are en¬ 
joying the scandal. It’s a real bit of spiritual scandal, a demonstration. 
The wheel of justice is bringing in these sounds and remnants from behind. 

Do you intend to hit the trail, and follow your association into the one 
mind, your Christ like understanding of Mrs. Eddy ? 

I understand that you go into the treatment of mental suggestion 
on animals, for which you charge a fee. You have had a free hand too 
long, now you must face your foe and retract your principle of your 
strange religious mania. 

* * * 

Introducing 

D. S. Humphrey & Co., Euclid Beach Offices; and Offices on the Public 
Square, Cleveland, Ohio. Phone Main 997, The Elysium Phone Garfield 
393. Spiritual Addresses. 

This prosperous sponsor, dictator and director of the Fourth Church of 
Christ Scientist, East 105th street, Cleveland, Ohio is better known as 
“The Pop Com King.” It is known that he wilfully protects the Christian 
Science organized criminal graft, thereby shielding all the healing practi¬ 
tioners from harm. Uncle Humphrey now enters the throne as all power, 
through several minds of the Christ Like Spirit being well versed in 
spiritual understanding and a special director detailing all maneuvers 
connected with the Christian Science Association. He is closely allied with 
Francis B. Kavanagh and John W. Palmer, legal advisers on mind power 
plus the money understanding. He does hereby claim that he too is Mother 


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God’s perfect man and an authorized medium of Mrs. Eddy, full of animal 
magnetism and possessing the same spiritual knowledge of that one mind. 
This poor old man is suffering from potential murder, better known as in¬ 
sane mania through false illusion. He is a native of Cleveland, a master 
of spiritual understanding. He being the Christian Science Association’s 
watch dog he must of course keep his eyes, ears and mouth open; he must 
relax into the consciousness of all power. Truth is truth and money is 
power as taught by these Christian Science cults. 

Pop Com Humphrey loses his facial control when he is told that he is 
made a defendant in a hundred thousand dollar damage case for death. 
When the sheriff of Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, 0., served the legal papers 
on him, he became motionless and speechless, he being one of the financial 
directors of Mother God’s Organization. The author wonders if he is now 
communicating with Mrs. Eddy or the law. He may decide to surrender 
his supreme understanding and personality of Christian Science to the 
Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. There can be no ab¬ 
sence of control of mind in dealing with Uncle Sam’s spirit. 

Uncle Humphrey believes that Francis B. Kavanagh is in direct com¬ 
munication with the master mind of this strange psychic personality of 
God’s Perfect Child. 

This legal adviser, Honorable Kavanagh, is the spirit child on the 
outside of the door peeking into the future. The inevitable is at hand. 
What Mr. Kavanagh needs is a better understanding of the laws of our 
constitution. I shall now pass on and bid farewell to the Sovereign Mon¬ 
arch D. S. Humphrey,while I take a visit into the past record and history 
of John E. Palmer, who has legal offices in the Discount Building, Cleve¬ 
land, Ohio. Born in Jamestown, N. Y. lived in Pittsburgh, Penn., later 
lived in the Indian territory of Bartlesville, Okla., then moved to Cleve¬ 
land, Ohio, to specialize in Christian Science Ism. Who is John E. Palmer? 

He claims and sets forth that he is the legal advance agent in the higher 
spiritual world; he further maintains that black is white. He is a director 
of the American Secret Detective Society, Cleveland. Sir Palmer, having 
opened this society states that he promoted the said agency for the sole pur¬ 
pose of hounding- the lady author and to locate information as to the acti- 
ties of said writer. While the author maintains the belief that the said 
John E. Palmer is a regular man. He is the go between, staging the real 
act. His is a real Jesse James method. First the Palmer agency sent out a 
young man, a sleuth, as a newspaper reporter. The writer unearthed and 
exposed his identity to the police department of Cleveland, Ohio. She found 
that he belonged to the down and out class. He w T as known as Erwin 
Newell, Residence 1827 West 45 street, Cleveland, Ohio. He was taken 


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Erwin Newell, a real sleuth. Residence: 1827 West 45th St., Cleveland, Ohio. 

























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to the police station on May 25th 1922. A few weeks later Palmer sent 
another sleuth, in the form of a woman, on the morning of July 19th, 
1922. This stranger made her appearance and was admitted to my home. 
The sleuth was very polite. She began to talk about Dr. Marriott, the 
Christian Science practitioner who was arrested and fined for practicing 
medicine without a license. 

She was not a ghost but a real sleuth, I felt that I was in direct com¬ 
munication with the divine spirit of Mrs. Eddy, with the supernatural ideal, 
a reality. 

I whispered to myself to cheer up, perhaps never again would this same 
woman sleuth enter into my life. With a terror I shuddered, “Just a spirit 
of Palmer.” The inevitable was fast approaching and I wondered, “Are 
there any ghosts in heaven.” No, it was only the true state of being of the 
Christian Science spirit. Not a myth but a fact founded on evidence of her' 
psychic spiritual understanding. I had triumphed the hour in the mani¬ 
festation of this evil spirit. She was somewhat in fear as to know just how 
to approach me, to get the very information that Palmer wanted to know. 
It w T as simply a suggestion of human drama. I discovered a feigned im¬ 
agination of her inner self. In her appearance she was a real spirit. I 
made up my mind that there was no time for thought. Fall in line my 
friends the best is yet to come. It was a material manifestation of the 
phenomena of the spirit boys and girls. Excusing myself, I hurried rapidly 
to the kitchen, a real excuse. It was the result of quick action, and as I 
opened the back door through to the neighbor’s home, they called the flying 
squad of the eleventh precinct at 105th street, Cleveland, Ohio. 

While I listened to my kind visitor explaining about Christian Science 
and while waiting for the flying squad, a young man, Mr. Stone, a profes¬ 
sor in the Case School, living next door got in his car and picked up Of¬ 
ficer Caddlack at East 79th street and Euclid avenue and hurried him to 
my home. Soon the police department responded. At this time the 
sleuth realized that it was not a delusion, but a better understanding of 
the lady author. Even the officers 9 spirits were forming at the home 
circle; it was a spiritual examination of the real truth. As I rushed to 
the door and asked the officers to please step in, the intruder was very 
nervous. The officers asked her her name, and what was it she wanted to 
know. She lost her voice for a moment, then she realized that she' had 
met her Waterloo. It was the eternal review of mental understanding of 
the new born mind. Then a neighbor, Mrs. White, came in the room 
and spoke to the sleuth. Mrs. White said, “You are a disgrace to woman¬ 
hood, to punish this poor grief stricken family.” 


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The sleuth sprang swiftly to her feet and clenching her fists struck 
at Mrs. White. Even the police did not realize what was happening. 
The police grabbed the Palmer detective and slammed her down 
in a chair. These were exciting moments for the ideal Christian Science 
Organization. Their religion means rule or ruin. When the police asked 
her further questions she refused to answer. The officers said, “You 
will answer when we get you to the police headquarters. ’ ’ 

She kept begging the police to call her manager John E. Palmer of 
the American Secret Service Co., which the officers refused to do. She 
realized that she was in direct line for the police station. 

The officers told her it was now time to take a trip to the station 
and as they hurried her out they told her that as soon as they arrived 
at the police station they would call her attorney. The captain of the 
department called her manager who hurried to the station in a taxi. He 
realized the folly of God’s perfect child with that Christ like mind. 

It was a real performance, a real miracle of events yet to come. In the 
mirror I saw these ghostly spirits approaching, being deeply interested in 
the famous story of a clever woman, the author. I began to speculate on 
capitalizing her call, making the closest examination of her. She became 
paralysed and the color of her face left her as the officers surrounded her. 
No time for excuses; the trap was set. The lady writer was a medium, a 
genius in reading character. I was convinced that she was a genuine 
thief. She made a personal appeal through Palmer and Kavanagh for 
their secret doing. It was a great delusion of mind over matter. 

The revelation promised to be an important one to the Christian Science 
Association. It was a thought transferance of the lady author’s mind. 
Do I believe in real spirit ghosts ? Yes, the third, degree of master mind. 
Officer Simmons of the flying squad decided that he was the regular man, 
of the dramatic hour. Christian Science keeps repeating, ‘ ‘ Get behind thee 
Satan.” The Honorable John E. Palmer may now dream “0 take me back 
to my Oklahoma.” Souls for sale. This was indeed a notable case, the 
opportune time had come. Souls for sale. 

Once more thanking my kind and trusted readers I now continue on 
my journey visualizing in the field of the true sense of mind. 

John E. Palmer drinks from the fountain of prosperity through 
the Christian Science Organization, a graft. 

It is indeed a great pleasure as well as interesting to me to be able to 
Jintroduce the Honorable Francis B. Kavanagh, Attorney for the Christ¬ 
ian Science Association with offices in the Discount Building, Cleveland, 
Ohio. He was born in Uniontown, Penn., lived in Germantown, Penn., 
then came to the State of Ohio. He served as correspondent for the News 



Mrs. Farrier, sleuth for Attorney John E. Palmer and Francis B. Kavanaugh, Discount Building. 


























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Leader paper, Cleveland, Ohio, and worked for the newspaper at Warren, 
Ohio. This is our distinguished orator, with the gentleman flapper eye 
glass, better known as an attorney on Christian Science graft. He zealous¬ 
ly proclaims his religious constitutional right to murder and torture human 
beings, of that one mind of Mother God. He is having a perplexing time 
in managing and directing numerous law suits, against his so-called Christ¬ 
ian Science Associates. He is one of Mrs. Eddy’s special chosen sons, and 
a coraller of all so-called practitioners. He places a reasonable bargain 
on human blood in the mental understanding of Mother God. 

He contends that the blessings which this divine woman Mrs. Eddy, 
has, does control this great religious universe. He also contends and be¬ 
lieves that he is in direct communication with the spirit of Mary Baker 
Eddy. 

The upper thought in the Honorable Kavanagh’s mind is Eddy- 
ism. What happens next ? He is face to face with law and order. No; our 
constitutional law does not give them the exclusive healing powers, the law 
stoutly maintains that Mr. Kavanagh’s rules are out of order, and in sub¬ 
stance to the dictum of the practice of Christian Science. The law specifi¬ 
cally states that when any cult practices under the guise of religion that 
act is understood to be medical practice. Yet our Francis B. Kavanagh 
contends it is right. The gentleman in question with eyes, ears and a 
limited brain knowledge controlling the three of the five senses, gives 
to himself the majority of votes in his dictatorial plea for the divine mas¬ 
tery of the Ouija Board. He has the pert understanding of the one ideal, 
that of himself and the heavenly mediums of the Holy Ghost. The Spirit 
of the Mother God is the divine spirit of the devil. The author does not 
doubt but that the said Kavanagh is one of the bright morning stars, 
ever appearing before the divine master in his high handed methods. 

Francis is very well acquainted with the lady author. When he was de¬ 
fending a criminal of Christian Science by the name of Arthur W. 
Marriot, a Christian Science practioner, Attorney Kavanagh yelled 
out in the municipal court, w T hen I was a witness on cross examination, 
“Just a moment, lady, I would like to have a photo of your dear self for 
my office.” The court interrupted, “Such an insult upon womankind. 
Unless you cease your insults you will be cited for contempt of court.” 

I said, “I wish to say to Mr. Francis B. Kavanagh that those who laugh 
last, laugh the longest. He who seeks the devil can find him.” This 
vivid story only gives a little glimpse into the human analysis of a real 
Sherlock Holmes, and that Honorable Kavanagh may forever rest in the 
arms of the spirit mother Mrs. Eddy. 

He’s the thinker of the real mastery; he has a practical smattering, 


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a determination to fight; his character shows that he is the son of the one 
divine mind. Strong in his masculine appearance and a real diplomat, 
he only chooses to see one side of the question that he is representing. 
He makes up his mind hastily; his tower of strength lies in the balance 
of his spiritual knowledge. He is a subject of impulse. He keeps stead¬ 
fast and seeks the dollars. A synopsis of my story might be more inter¬ 
esting if my readers knew the gentleman in question; I alone can appre¬ 
ciate his real value. Not wishing to hurt anyone’s feelings and opinion of 
my spirit friend, really it’s because he’s the star performer in the Christian 
Science Organization. 

Francis, don’t get irritable; if the shoe pinches be calm, the blows are 
hitting home. Nature cannot change my opinion of your Mother God’s 
teachings. 

Personality seems to be the theme of this trusted gentleman. Why 
does he wear glasses in Christian Science; glasses are not needed to see 
the sights. Here’s where the lady author gets into an argument. He’s a 
real fighting tiger, no imagination. He found it impossible to tear down 
the author’s evidence; he’s the chieftain inspired by the devil. 

Guess he’s the prudent gentleman, endowed with the mystical powers. 
He does not consider the consequences of the law against fake healers. 
He possesses a complete nature. He takes on more than he can handle. 
He’s very exacting in the remarks of his spirit boys and girls. Caution!; 
Mr. Kavanagh, beware of the lady author! 

Introducing 

W. B. and L. L. Siders, C. C. S. Office hours 10 to 12 and 2 to 4. Consulta¬ 
tion daily. Offices Colonial Arcade, Cleveland, Ohio. You can reach 
these divine spirits by calling Phone Main 4069 
A direct line to the Union Trust Co. 

On entering the large and spacious offices you now meet the company, 
husband and wife, rich with blessings of the divine spirit of their impostor 
Mrs. Eddy. We see how love is reflected in love, known to the divine 
pair. The writer gazed about the reception room and counted eleven white 
and a number of colored ladies. A w r onderful clientele. I took my place 
in regular order; I felt at home among the spirits, as I had been visiting 
eight to ten offices daily, collecting and amassing evidence for my story. 
As I sat silently for a few moments there was not a sound. No one wanted 
to talk to me, which you will note is customary in such offices. They 
are trained by the master mind to do no talking to strangers, lest they 
forget, not even to answer questions. Oh, such a secret order! I looked out 
upon the street, I realized that heaven was on the outside looking in. It 
was a beautiful sunny morning. The spirits had come early for treat- 


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ment. I could understand. The morning is always considered the hour 
for concentration the mind is free; then the doctor could have a better 
understanding of the truth in mind power. The thought came, “Stop! 
look! and listen! It was a query in my mind to know just how to get an 
audience. 

I noticed a lady who sat near the window; she seemed so very 
heavenly, I spoke to her and said, “ It’s a beautiful day out. This morning 
is so beautifully and gloriously made.” 

No answer; then I decided to take another chance. I said, “Is the doc¬ 
tor in?” 

“Yes, dearie, but he is busy with a patient giving treatment in the 
consultation room.” 

I knew that I must not leave the office without information. I again 
braved the storm, and said to another victim of circumstance, “Who are 
Mr. Siders and Mrs. Siders ? ’ ’ 

She said, ‘ ‘ They are healers. ’ ’ 

I asked her if she was ill and she told me “Only a claim.” 

I became so familiar with that word “Claim.” She asked me if I was 
a patient of Mr. Siders. I told her no, that I was only a little child of God. 
But I was always interested in advanced ideas. That seemed to make a 
perfect hit with her, she sweetly smiled and said, “Dearie, one who seeks 
the truth and the teachings of Mrs. Eddy can find it.” 

A thought came to me; I surely ought to be able to locate my informa¬ 
tion. Everything began to play into my hand. Who’s the ideal? As I 
moved my chair near a poor, frail-looking creature I said in a low tone, 
“Are you ill?” 

And she silently whispered, “Only a claim.” 

Poor soul, she had one foot on the shore and the other in the grave. 

“How long have you been taking treatments of the doctor and his 
wife ?” 

She replied, “Four years.” 

“And no better ?” queried I. “Does the doctor make a charge ?” 

“Yes, lady,” a weak voice answers, “I pay him three dollars for 
an office call.” 

I inquired, ‘ * How often do you take these treatments ? ’ ’ 

She answered, “Four times a week.” 

I fully realized that she was not very well, and discovered that she was 
not overly supplied with this world’s goods. 

I ventured a little further asking questions, “Where do you live ? 
Are you a widow ?” 

“I have a husband.” 


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“And where is he employed V 9 

“He works in a factory.” 

Makes no difference, these healers steal from the blind. It is just the 
dollar they are after. 

I said to her, ‘ ‘ Can you please tell me when I can see the apostle ?’ ’ 

She says, “There are several ladies ahead of you waiting for treat¬ 
ment. ’ ’ 

I said to her, “Perhaps I can arrange for absent treatment with the 
doctor . 9 ’ 

Just then the consultation room door opened and who appeared but 
the healing disciple. As he peered over his flock he snapped his fingers 
and said, “Who’s next V 9 

Just then I thought, “I must be in the wrong office.” There was such a 
wonderful atmosphere of business, I only got a quick glance at the spirit 
and then he vanished. 

Truly, he was a wonderful specimen of manhood, well dressed in the 
latest frock; his hair was a silvery hue, a wonderful spirit man. I dis¬ 
covered that all patients left by a side door; he takes no chances. And 
as I looked into each face I discovered that same semi conscious look. Yes, 
I still realized there was a fool born every minute. The door opened, 
some one appeared, a fat lady. I began to wonder where she was going to 
sit ; I could not descover a chair that she could sit comfortably in. However 
she became seated. She too, was a child of Mother God. It reminded one 
of a circus carrying a side show. Dear me, the question arose in my mind 
as to the nature of treatment she was taking of Dr. Siders. Was it to 
reduce her triple chin or the claim of flesh ? Not a myth, but a real real 
lady. 

Discovering that the doctor’s hours were all taken I decided to make 
my exit. A few days later my chauffeur had driven me to the Painswick 
Apartments on Crawford Road. I was getting out of the car when I re¬ 
cognized Dr. Siders just coming out of the apartment. I was told that 
this faith healer had been a constant visitor to this apartment for five or 
six years. He had a patient, a man suffering from what is known to the 
medical profession as locomotor ataxia and that his disease is considered 
incurable, while this faith healer makes the poor soul believe that he is 
expecting his recovery from his claim hourly. 

Who will answer ? 

Mr. Siders I understand has been several times abroad, traveling in 
the foreign land at the price of human blood. 


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Introducing 

Mrs. Nellie W. Conners. Offices Schofield Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Residence 1963 East 82nd, street. Office phone Main 4917. 

Res. phone Cedar 200. Private communications by the 
direct wire to the spiritual medium. 

A skilled mind reader 

This woman is a real business promoter; she controls a monopoly on 
her private system through the telephone exchange. 

No after performance in her healing methods, no listeners on Nellie’s 
line. They tell me she’s caught in the same net, showed signs of fright, when 
she was made defendant in a hundred thousand dollar damage case. The 
sheriff of Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio, tells her that she is an ally 
to this tragedy, she being a director of this prosperous Christian Science 
Organization, a member of the Fourth Church of Christ Scientist, 105th 
street, Cleveland, Ohio. Not dealing in Mother God’s speculations, the 
iron hand of law now places your value on healing power. 

Nellie is just an ordinary looking woman who says she has the right 
to make money by the hynotizing game. Is poor suffering humanity 
paying the price ? She boldly asserts that she can heal every claim of 
disease known to the human and animal family. 

She is a novice of the first degree. During her years of practice she 
has managed to keep from getting caught until now a voice within has 
whispered audibly, “Go seek thy redemption of the Lord and wash your 
hands from the stains of blood from human sacrifice.” 

She has played the role in imparting her spiritual understanding of 
her Mother God. Oh! these treasured thoughts through ignorance! This 
strange belief has baffled the Almighty, but then she realizes that it is 
only an illusion of her spirit mind. The writer reminds her that no longer 
shall our Christian land tolerate the evil practices and violence of the 
world’s known hypocrites. 

This woman has prospered through the understanding of the one mind. 
In reading the history and the life as portrayed by the famous chieftain of 
the so-called Christian Science Organization, one discovers the loose morals 
of free love, the immorality of the divine soul which teaches that marriage 
is only a tradition. 

Mary Baker Eddy says that if a wife truly loves her husband and the 
husband truly loves his wife they can have no spiritual understanding. 
The old degenerate was married four times and probably lived with a num- 
her of men as a common law wife. Honorable Peabody of Boston, Mass., 
in his story named “The Religio-Medical Masquerade,” gives Mrs. Eddy’s 
autobiography as follows: “In December, 1843 Mrs. Eddy married George 


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W. Glover, a bricklayer, who died three months after their mar¬ 
riage and six months before the birth of Mrs. Eddy’s only child, whom 
she deserted in his infancy. 

In 1853, Mrs. Eddy allied herself with Daniel Patterson, who although 
lived twenty years with her, is not recognized in her autobiography. 
Patterson was a dentist but of a lower class. In 1873 a divorce was granted 
her on a charge of desertion. 

Although Mrs. Eddy objected to marriage, in 1877, January 1, she 
ventured a third time into the realms of matrimony, replacing Patterson 
with Gilbert Asa Eddy. When this marriage was enacted Mrs. Eddy gave 
her age as forty years. Note that it was fifty-six years after her birth. 

After much matrimonial trouble with the irritated Mrs. Eddy, Mr. Eddy 
passed away, leaving Mrs. Eddy free to venture again into the matrimonial 
field. 

It is rumored that a fourth marriage took place. The poor victim 
being Calvin A. Frye; in reality Mrs. Eddy’s name should be Frye, and 
the followers of her cult should be “Fryites and not Eddyites.” 

Who could believe in the tradition and understandings of such a vile 
character as the leader of this Christian Science Organization? Nellie 
Connors tells the people that all is love and harmonious with the spirit of 
this departed Mother God. 

The Madame has quite a pleasing personality, a happy sign of Christ¬ 
ian Science prosperity. Do you grasp my idea ? 

As I gazed into the face of this disciple it occurred to me that this heal¬ 
ing practitioner charges the same as any practitioner, three dollars for 
office calls or as much more as you can give. Absent treatments come extra. 

* * * 

Introducing 

Mrs. Lulu G. Webster, Offices C. A. C Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Phone Prospect 215. Office hours daily. A distributing head¬ 
quarters for all spiritual power. A pal and co-worker in 
mind power with Mrs. Lida Fitzpatrick, same office, a 
graduate of Madam Fit’s psychic school from which 
she graduates her students of mental psychical 
instruction. This divine pair have no license 
to practice their healing art in Cleveland, 0., 
nor any other city. 

My readers will take notice that most of my spirit boys and girls have 
a Mr. or Mrs. attached to their distinguished profession. These two 
corresponding spirits have an open market for their corrupt system, won¬ 
derful offices, everything in keeping with their mental thought. They are 


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like a holdup man who enter one’s home to rob, but in this case they go by 
twos. 

One madame gives the mental treatment, the other pal does the visualiz¬ 
ing for the money. As I ascended in the elevator and entered this sacred 
office just at twilight there was a hue of brilliant lighted electric lamps* 
For a moment my eyes were dazed; I could not make myself believe that 
I was in the inspired spiritual office. Taking another look at the office 
door I saw Fitzpatrick and Webster, lady quacks. I realized it was this 
way in. Who comes here. The clever investigator, who is assigned special 
guard duty in rounding up this bunch of Criminal Christian Scientists. 

I got busy and thought out a clever plan. As I introduced myself to 
Lady Webster, as Miss-she asked me to be seated. 

“Did you c.ome for an appointment ?” By this time my brain had be¬ 
come wearied and distracted with that “dearie appointment.” I recovered 
my consciousness, relaxed my muscles and started off and in a repose I 
began to use my psychic personality. Lulu said, “Are you in science?” 
I told her that I had only been in Cleveland a few days but I had made 
such wonderful, pleasant acquaintances with so many charming spirit boys 
and girls that I had decided I would like to become a Christian Science 
practitioner and live in Cleveland. To my surprise I found myself slipping 
into the spirit world. 

I discovered prosperity everywhere. The lady seemed quite supplied 
with glittering stones. I told her that Cleveland seemed to be a wonder¬ 
ful field in this glorious work of Christian Science. She said, “Yes dearie, 
that is the way our Mother God awards our blessing. That is the way 
with the Jew; if he feels prosperous then he has prosperity.” 

I asked her if it is true that the Jews are denouncing their faith and 
going into science. 

“Yes, dearie, it is this way; they come to science through that prosperity 
thought.” 

I then wondered to myself how could a Hebrew change his religion 
for that of Mary Baker Eddy’s one hand religion. Lulu agreed that I 
would make a wonderful practitioner if I could only see the love in Mrs* 
Eddy. Methinks I hear the voice saying, “If I could see the right in Christ¬ 
ian Science, ’ ’ but there are so many evil angles connected, and oh! so many 
immoral people in the thought of that everlasting peace of Mrs. Eddy. 

Temptation ever presents itself. Then this medium spoke to me, and 
again said, that perhaps she could help me see the true life. I told her that 
each and every one of us had to work out our own problems in life, that he 
who believeth in the Lord would seek him, and in this so-called religion of 
science they have so many different avenues. I find that one of their 



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strong claims is free love. Who has the direct line on the ideal ? Shocked 
again. She asked me, if I had ever demonstrated the healing powers that 
I had. Another thrill went through my body. I felt the very presence 
of this spirit. Was the Hindu near or the Gypsy maid! What an uncom¬ 
fortable and disagreeable feeling I had in the presence of this spirit. I 
wanted to get Lulu’s ideas as to just what was necessary for me to do, to 
become a prosperous healing practitioner. She answered, “Just know 
yourself and then you can heal any claim.” 

Knowing that I had been acquainted with my peculiarities of life 
years ago, I felt that my hopes had faded away. She said, “My assistant in 
my office teaches Christian Science class instruction.” 

“Really, I am delighted. Do you mean to tell me that I could master 
any one’s mind, heal the sick and set broken bones?” 

The blushing maid answers sweetly, “Absolutely.” 

“Does the madame give a special guarantee of this assurance of pros¬ 
perity ?” I asked. 

“She gives to the world that which Mrs. Eddy taught—love and prin¬ 
ciple, prosperity, health and happiness.” 

Listen on the line my readers, versus Eddyism. This course will be com¬ 
pleted in ten days, some service. “What’s the price ?” I inquired. 

“Only a hundred dollars, cash.” 

Well, well, I have fully discovered that there shall be no honors or 
promotion for me in the new field of work, as my money supply was ex¬ 
hausted. A shudder and then a pause, as I think of one’s opportunity 
being swallowed up while you wait. “A fool there was, the mind the mar¬ 
ket price.” Thanking you all once again I continue on my tour. Absent 
treatments too are administered by this amiable lady Mrs. Webster. 

* * re¬ 

introducing 

Mrs. Esther P. Kloth, Offices Schofield Building, Cleveland, Ohio 
Phone Main 4918 for healing reservations. 

This said Esther Kloth claims that she is one of Mother God’s specially 
appointed healing servants. She is one of the directors of the Fourth 
Church of Christ, Scientist, at East 105th Street, Cleveland, Ohio. 

The sheriff of Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio, presented the madam 
with papers making her a defendant in a hundred thousand dollar damage 
suit for death. The teachings of this supreme being, of this ill advised 
secret knowledge is that the master mind sends out healing messages and 
vibrations in the air, mental and absent treatments. Who is this divine with 
a wonderful understanding of God’s power ? We will note that this same 
lady was on the lucky steamer that carried to the foreign shores Burton 


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Turner. She too, was seeking pleasure, playing with the waves and visual¬ 
izing in the possibilities of that foreign land. It is a real dream. Who 
has attained the height of honor by her shrewd instinct in keeping with her 
assurance that all is in the mind ? She is hovering under protection of her 
secret organization. It’s keen competition nowadays in the healing art. The 
author has decided she will not enter the contest of the divine spiritual 
power. 

In turning back over my pages I find that I have introduced to my 
readers many of the spirit boys and girls and their Isms in gaining posses¬ 
sion of their secret of Mother God’s perfect child. 

While I am climbing to gain the point of the very pinnacle of public 
opinion, each little word has a meaning of its own. Happiness, Health 
and Wealth. A broken heart, too, they mend in the eye vibrations of the 
divine truth, as spoken from the mouth of the sacred Mary. 

Esther is so vivacious, a healthy looking subject. This princess is a 
kin to her Christian Science friends, the spirit boys and girls. When your 
illusions are gone, you shall then come back to solitude. 

Do you not realize that the Christian Science Empire is falling 
through their wrecking homes, causing insanity and suicide? The Hohen- 
zollems held the reign during the world war; the followers of your organi¬ 
zation have forsaken the teachings of Jesus and have saturated their souls 
with the very devil. The Eddyites are filling our state institutions with 
insanity and murderers. They are a vast army of warriors. Esther, are 
you measuring souls for profit by your deceitful methods representing 
that you are all power? You have joined the profiteers’ band. You are 
allied in the promotion of this so-called C. C. S. organization. 

Where shall you seek your kingdom ? The Lord will pronounce bene¬ 
diction upon the friends of your association. After the battle is won, 
then blessings shall rest upon this Christian land and the delusion of the 
novelty will have hid from public view. 

Have you not been experimenting with human lives ? I have located 
your Christian Science political operators, manager, captains, stewards, 
engineers, chief inspectors, and grafters who are lining up the wealth to 
commit these crimes. Jehovah said, ‘‘Thou shalt not steal.” Put one’s self 
in the place of these half crazed fiends. Could they resist the temptation ? 
No, it was the teachings and obedience of their Mother God in concordance 
to the by-laws. Is it true Esther, that you give absent treatment, and can 
you heal any animal by your thought wave of the nothing Christian 
Science ? Do you make a charge for your healings ? Who pays your 


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office rent, your electric light, private telephone exchange ? Did you ans¬ 
wer ? Am I checking up too closely ? Am I harsh in my criticism ? 

* * * 

Introducing 

Mr. Wayne C. Jones, C. C. S. Offices Schofield Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Phone Main 6052. Specialist. 

This is a mental picture of Wayne which represents the man’s equal. He 
hears a rapping on the door. I wonder who is there, can it be the lady in¬ 
spector? A familiar voice says it is Lady Nightingale. What kind of a re¬ 
ception awaits me, must I say I have no equal ? Thus I shall journey on my 
way believing I will be accepted into the ranks of the Christian Science 
Association, while yet a trifle of suspicion rests on my mind. Shall I pre¬ 
sent myself as God’s perfect child ? Am I meeting this distinguished 
gentleman on an equal footing ? Hark, I hear the telephone bell ring, 
Wayne answers. “Hello, aren’t you feeling better of your claim today ?” 
No need to ask you who is your patient. Can’t blame you for being sus¬ 
picious. Don’t you find in your business it pays to advertise ? How did 
you happen to get into Christian Science, was it a leap in the darkness ? 
Guess someone must have just handed your healing power to you? Do 
you specialize in woman’s diseases ? Would one be taking a chance in 
your experiment of the truth ? Have you a diploma ? I can’t see any 
state medical license on your wall. Did someone say constructive power ? 
Do you give eye vibrations ? One could discover at first glance that you 
were bom with vision and human instinct. Are you a gift of Mrs. Eddy ? 
Do you mind if I tell you your past, present and future ? Please grant me 
this explanation, I have often met you on the street, someone told me that 
you were a spirit boy. What is your treasure ? Do you ever hear the 
angels calling, and when all is still do you say that love is reflected in love 
of the divine mind ? The phone rings again, this time it is absent treat¬ 
ments, a long distance call. Is it mind over matter? It matters who pays 
the bill, as the lady dreams the gentleman will supply the missing links. 
You surely look prosperous, I presume you feel prosperous ? 

While under the hypnotic influence one breathes perfectly easy, a 
remarkable sensation, a vision of the master mind. The heart beats rapidly 
pulse normal. 

“I have met you before,” he said. 

“Who’s been whispering to you?” Don’t get excited, Wayne, it is 
mistaken identity. Sure enough, I am thinking seriously of setting up a 
healing parlor all of my own. I’ll just get me a lot of Mrs. Eddy’s ex¬ 
pensive books, and I shall feel prosperous and look prosperous. Then I 
can demonstrate the truth. I prefer to choose my own patients. I wouldn’t 


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solicit any patients among the animal kingdom. However, I would al¬ 
ways keep within the law. Do you belong to the grand owl of the brother¬ 
hood of Christian Science ¥ Do you find money very hard to get nowa¬ 
days ¥ Why is it that you don’t offer your valuable service to the marine 
hospital ¥ Poor boys are waiting for human relief. Now’s the time to 
loan your support and your helping hand. In your spiritual understand¬ 
ing of the one mind. These brave heroes who helped to fight your battles 
and now you don’t listen. I know you will be welcome at the State 
Hospital; the institution is filled full of suffering humanity, with 
claims of false illusion. I told a lady practitioner the other day that 
our hospitals would welcome her mental suggestion of healing. All the 
claims who lie upon the operating table. She told me “Dearie, there are so 
many claims of sickness on the outside, that we are busy day and night 
healing the mortal error.” 

Someone told me that you belong to the six cylinder club and that your 
thoughts were turned toward the ideal. Have you a soul mate ¥ I have 
discovered a great secret. This voice says that someone is guilty of in¬ 
humanity, a crime. Do you always look so pleasant when you have lady 
callers ¥ Can it be that you are so spiritual ¥ Another drama is being 
enacted in this office of human destruction. Where are the fragments of 
yesterday ¥ Have you joined hands with the devil ? Have you been 
promised vast riches ¥ Did someone say a signal ? A loud crash is heard. 
Then this beautiful emblem, the master of this divine Mother God has closed 
his doors. Who is the brave chief ¥ The lady author supplies the last 
evidence in the vital role of her new r book, a real scheme, a closeted plot, 
a financial religious organization. Shall the light of the radium star still 
shine amid the darkened walls of the Christian Science Temples ¥ 

Do you understand that Mark Twain says that Mrs. Eddy framed 
Christian Science for all of the C. S. churches, selected its readings, its 
prayers, and the hymns to be used, and has appointed the order of pro¬ 
cedure, no changes permitted. 

“A creed, she wrote it all, C. C. S. churches must subscribe to it, no 
others are permitted. 

A treasury at Boston, Mass., she carries the key. 

A C. S., the book publishing house for books approved by her to 
which no other are permitted. 

Journals and magazines, these are organs of hers and controlled by her. 

A college for teaching Christian Science. 

A distribution of the machines, powers and dignities. 

Supreme church. 

Pastor Emeritus—Mrs. Eddy. 


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Board of Directors. 

Board of Education. 

Board of Finance. 

College Faculty. 

Various Committees. 

Treasurer. 

Clerk. 

First Members (of the supreme church). 

Members of the Supreme Church. ’ ’ 

Now, Mr. Jones, let the lady author say that you have a very cunning 
and devilish look; that in your slumbering you will wake and find yourself 
in the dreaiu of that nothing Christian Science. 

* * * 

The lady author wishes to introduce the Honorable Paul Lamb of the 
City Hall of Cleveland, Ohio. 

As I entered the spacious and beautiful chamber of the law director 
Paul Lamb, I introduced myself to the intellectual chief. I immediately 
took up the subject of Christian Science. I told him I also wanted to in¬ 
terview him regarding Lee Skeel, the police prosecutor of Cleveland, Ohio. 
“I beg your pardon, Mr. Lamb, may I inquire your religious faith V 1 

Here’s where the subject became interesting. He gruffly answered 
back, “Young lady I think you are very personal.” 

In fact I presume I was rather inquisitive. 

Mr. Lamb says, “Just what’s the issue ?” 

“Your honor, Sir, I was sent to your good office for information re¬ 
garding the wholesale slaughter of human beings that is being daily com¬ 
mitted by the Christian Science Association of Cleveland.” 

Strange to say I could see a very queer look creeping upon the honor¬ 
able Lamb’s brilliant face. I realized that some advance agent of Christ¬ 
ian Science had preceded me in my interview. It was the same old story, 
political influence, hands off policy. 

However, I advanced the idea, and inquired why it was that the police 
prosecutor, Lee Skeel seemed very indifferent toward me regarding the 
Christian Science cases, in which I had played a very active part. He 
kindly informed me that he would not interfere in Mr. Skeel’s affairs. 1 
felt that I had been grossly insulted and that my reception was a sort of a 
frost, as he seemed to be glued to his chair. However, I took my departure 
and bade adieu to the six cylinder chief of the celestial circle of the City 
Hall of Cleveland. I felt more determined than ever as the advanced 
spirit of Mother God seemed to be appearing. Presently I thought per¬ 
haps Mr. Lamb, too, is a little lamb of Mother God—Mrs. Eddy. 


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Another perfectly phenomenal condition of law and order—It was in¬ 
deed an ideal personal power of actual possession. As I whispered to 
myself a picture of life, the chief actor was Paul Lamb. 

The price of power lies in the darkness. Who holds the key to jus¬ 
tice ? Filled with faith and hope, I must sound the alarm. No, it was not 
Mr. Lamb’s sister who died a martyr to Christian Science. However, as 
I recalled only a few months ago a terrible accident happened while Mr. 
Lamb was driving his car. A poor woman waiting for a street car was 
run over and killed by the chief’s car. This was not Mr. Lamb’s blood 
either. Some one cried out the chief is exonerated, a great deal of specu¬ 
lation, too much Director Paul Lamb. The whole thing seemed sort 
of a shadowed mystery, a collapsible condition, and as the author was bom 
with a type of intelligence and character it makes little difference what 
Mr. Lamb might choose to say or do. His voice sends sounds of thrills in 
the ear of the lady writer. With equal force of a soothing tone I whis¬ 
pered, “All is well.” Only the kindling zeal of a politician, and ideal gentle¬ 
man outside of the city hall, and politics. Well, what about our police prose¬ 
cutor Lee Skeel ? 

His office seems to be hovering under false illusion. An adverse spirit 
seems to be destroying public opinion. My vast knowledge of the work¬ 
ings and doings of this department seems very strange. No interest and 
little activity is taken regarding the cases against the Christian Science 
practitioners now pending in Mr. Skeel’s office. 

Who said that justice can’t be done ? Just another experience of the 
author, who was sent to Mr. Skeel’s office by the captain of the eleventh 
precinct police department, for warrants to be issued against the Christian 
Science detectives. What happened ? Taken under consideration for a 
few days. Tabooed by Skeel. 

As the writer again sought social justice, she was informed that Muni¬ 
cipal Judge Charles Selzer was sitting on the bench; he is a Christian 
Science spirit, a leader in the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Lakewood 
Ohio. Unsettled conditions on the planet, what’s the comparison ? Obed¬ 
ience to our united political organization, a moral to our American citi¬ 
zens. Crooking over human blood. Who’s being crucified ? Now comes 
the inquiry. The actual procession of the Christian Science Political in¬ 
fluence, at the expense of human lives. Justice crushed to earth 
shall rise again. The secret of principle, this is the direct medium a com¬ 
parison of good for evil. 

Just around the comer someone is repeating, “Thy will be done.” A 
negative wire has been crossed. We cannot deny a spade. Misrepresenta¬ 
tions are exhibited among the few, historically illustrated, they are the 


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power of evil. The author still performs her faithful duty, I now form the 
acquaintance of Mr. Jim Cassidy, assistant prosecutor to Mr. Stanton’s 
office. 

Behold the power behind the throne. “I am to make a report to you 
sir; the Association for Criminal Justice has gone into the criminal case 
against Arthur W. Marriott, the Christian Science practitioner, for the 
wrongful murder of my sister, who was tortured to death. This exalted 
body has found evidence with which to charge this man with manslaughter, 
and now you fail me in presenting this evidence to the County grand jury. 
Please sir, won’t you bring him to justice ? I cannot bring back my dear 
one, but I can help to save the other poor souls who are being slaughtered 
through the strange mania of this strange belief. Oh! can’t you help me 
do something sir !■” 

“Young lady, that is a serious question. I am a Catholic and that would 
create a religious prejudice.” 

“But Mr. Cassidy, your honored sir, Christian Science is not a re¬ 
ligion, only a commercialized organization of criminals and murderers. 
What is wrong in your office ?” 

Silence is golden. 

Your honor, did not you promise the people that you would protect 
society through equal justice and special privileges to none. I believe that 
was your prefix to seal your oath. Now listen to my appeal for equal justice. 
It was my blood that was shed, and not yours, for humanity. My sincere 
prayers shall be that you will lay aside your religious prejudice and as I 
pen this message to the world, in God I trust. 

Introducing 

Mrs. Gertrude Ely Rossiter, Osborn Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Phone Prospect 1146. Demonstration powers—how to become power. 

I shall now present Mrs. Auntie Rossiter, who is so pleasantly lo¬ 
cated, who frolics in the house of plenty. Appointments are arranged if 
one is supplied with plenty of requirements, principal being money. She 
will visualize and go into a trance, telling you that all is love in the divine 
mind to which our degrees of happines are produced. I notice on her of¬ 
fice doors, hours for concentration, respectfully 10 to 12 and 2 to 5. Every 
one is welcome who has with him his pocketbook. I noticed however, 
that Auntie Rossiter, who deals out this spiritual power, claims that dis¬ 
ease does not exist, it is only mortal error. However, the writer dis¬ 
covered that Auntie was afflicted with poor vision. She wore a very strong 
glass to strengthen her eye vibration. Poor soul, she is also afflicted with 
deafness, only a claim of mortal error. However, it was very noticeable to 
the visitor. I wish to suggest for her deafness, a common sense ear drum. 


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but she being one of God’s perfect children, all is a false illusion. It 
makes no difference but Auntie’s claim seems to be all in her ears. It must 
b6 a dreadful thing while roaming with the spirits, to hear roaring and 
buzzing and hissing sounds from the drum of one’s poor ears. More power 
to Aunty, in the understanding of her Mother God, the Love and the 
Principle from which their supply comes. While waiting to meet this spirit 
the supreme being, I hit up a conversation with a sweet faced looking 
girl. The young lady said, “Did you have an appointment with Auntie 
Rossiter ?” She asked me if I was in Science ? I assured her that I was 
interested in all good ideas, but, however, there seemed to be in my mind 
a doubt regarding the claims to which Science appeals so strongly. She 
told me to read and read “Science and Health,” Mrs. Eddy’s wonderful 
formula, then I would soon become so absorbed in love that I would 
understand the all power of one’s divine mind. I asked her if she 
was a graduate of some science school, and she told me, yes, that she finish¬ 
ed her class instruction through her cousin, Professor Ely. 

I asked her where he was located. She said “Right here, in this office 
building. ’ ’ 

I wondered if it were possible this was the same gentleman that my 
friend Madam Pumphrey of the Guardian Building, the prosperous 
Christian Science practitioner, had told me about. In fact his name was 
presented to me through this dear, sweet spirit. 

“Auntie Rossiter is your aunt, then Daniel Ely must be Aim tie Ros¬ 
siter ’s nephew? How interesting it is to have the whole family so gifted.” 

She said, “Yes, I am a Sabbath school teacher in the Fourth Church 
of Christ, Scientist, at East 105th street, Cleveland, Ohio.” 

“I think it is perfectly lovely to confine your business and your heal¬ 
ings to the family circle. How is it that your auntie’s vision is very poor, 
and seems to be sort of hard of hearing? Isn’t she able to correct her own 
claim ?” 

The phone rings; someone is seeking absent treatment. Just then 
Auntie’s consultation room door opened. I saw a poor paralytic coming 
out, Aunty Rossiter was telling her, “You know you can walk.” 
Aunty had her by the arm, giving her assistance to the door. Poor 
soul, she looked up in the madam’s face, and says, “I just know that my 
claim is much better. I will come in tomorrow again for another treat¬ 
ment.” That left Aunty Rossiter at liberty to visit with the author. 

As I spoke to this disciple, she did not seem to understand. I became 
shocked and frightened, thinking perhaps that she was ill. She took her 
hand and motioned to me to come near her. Then I spoke to her again, and 
then no reply, and as I gradually raised my voice she seemed to under- 


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stand, and said that it was only a claim of not being able to understand 
me. She says, “ Dearie, did you want an appointment and healing V* 
I told her that my mind was perfectly at ease, that my body seemed quite 
normal, and thanked her. She asked me if I was a member of that secret 
society. She says, “We have some wonderful people who are in science 
and all our practitioners seem to be making good.” 

She asked if I lived in Cleveland, I told her I was here only tempor¬ 
arily; however, I was thinking seriously of renting an office and setting 
up a healing parlor, that I had had so much encouragement through the 
Christian Science friends whom I met here. She was not at all selfish; 
she said, “There is room for plenty of good healers.” I asked her what 
would be necessary. “Just know the truth of the divine love of your Mother 
God and you can make no mistakes.” However, I approached the subject 
of the interference of law. She says, “Dearie, there will be no trouble, 
our faith in healing is understood as our constitutional right.” I told 
her that I wanted to keep within the law. Just yesterday someone had 
told me that a number of the Christian Science practitioners had been 
arrested for practicing what the law considered medicine without a license. 

She said it was all mortal error. It was the doctors who were so sel¬ 
fish of their healing powers, that they were trying to cause disturbance, 
as the practitioners were taking away so many of their patients and bus¬ 
iness from them. However, Mrs. Rossiter,” I said, “I am a stranger 
here, and if I got in any trouble I do not know how my bail 
bond would be provided.” She informed me that D. S. Humphrey, who 
owns the Euclid Beach, the Elysium and many other large properties, 
would be glad to go my bond as he was the gentleman who furnished all 
bails for the Christian Science Association. I said, “Just what prices 
should I charge for my healing demonstration ?” She said, “The regular 
office fee is three dollars, and as much more as you can get.” 

“That sounds good to me, and I surely want to become one of the lead¬ 
ing stars in Cleveland’s Christian Science healing world. I shall at 
once arrange to borrow money for my first month’s rent, get some 
pretty clothes, look prosperous and feel prosperous; then I shall succeed 
in the wonderful field of opportunity.” 

* * * 

Introducing to my audience 

The Rev. Stuart E. Johnson and associate of Henry Elliott Winslow, 
Offices Osborn Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Phone Prospect 2889 
The Selected Disciples. 

As the opportunity now presents itself, we have with us one of Cleve¬ 
land’s recognized and widely known divine healers of mental suggestion. 


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Bid someone say, who? Stuart Johnson. He is the gentleman with 
the blond hair, he is saturated with Eddyism. He’s a fascinating criminal, 
having attained the wonderful spiritual understanding of his Mother God. 
He is the first reader of this high powered classical Christian Science 
Organization of the Fourth Church of Christ Scientist at East 105th 
street, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Presently someone makes his appearance. Who is the saint ? He steps 
rapidly forward, raising his hand, declaring that he is the divine master 
of the hour, representing and expressing that he is the personality of 
Mother God. This transformed spirit man, who is now appearing before 
the footlights of the operatic fame has prosperous healing offices with 
his pal, Henry Elliott Winslow. He administers upon the poor weak 
souls that everlasting physical power. He makes no calls outside of his 
office; in fact he specializes in absent treatments. 

He deals out the One Christ Like Mind, by which surely his supply of 
bread and butter is won. He too, claims that he is Mother God’s perfect 
child. A man! oh! that mighty dollar. He is also known as the ladies’ 
handsome blue-eyed boy. Surrounded by his midnight frolics, his comedy 
circus features that he is a living example of the divine spirit of the devil. 
This dramatic star with his physic make-up, a holy spirit chanting the 
words of the divine leader Mary, with his pallid expression, and his quiver¬ 
ing lips, has that nervous smile mask of Christian Science. 

While he holds his congregation spell bound by his spiritual hypno¬ 
tism, he asks his flock to rise as he repeats the version Mary. As the pipe 
organ sends up its beautiful strains, repeating the Lord’s prayer, a version 
of the divine Mary, and transformed into the money kingdom, they say, 
“Thy kingdom has come.” Johnson silently whispers to himself, “I am 
only a man. ’ ’ Stuart says that in his church he has many people of wealth. 
How interesting. Who are some of your shining lights ? Well Mr. and 
Mrs. Humphrey; you know, they own the Euclid Beach; Mr. and Mrs. 
Harry D. Norval, president of the City Ice Company of Cleveland, Ohio. 
'Well, he said, “Mrs. Blanch Norval attends my church.” “And where does 
Mr. Harry Norval attend church?” “At 77th street, the Second Church on 
Euclid Avenue.” “Well, this is Burton Turner’s church, a good business 
policy,” says the author. “Well, after all don’t you consider these peo¬ 
ple only human ? Does Mrs. Norval feel that she is Mrs. Eddy’s Perfect 
Child? What assurance have you that her husband, Harry, is affected 
with the same Mother God’s spirit?” “We always like to have people 
who have money come to my church. It gives a coloring. In the summer 
time the City Ice company furnishes my church with ice to cool the heat, 
and in cold weather they furnish my church with coal; it’s a perfectly 


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business religious transaction.’’ ‘‘Well, that sounds interesting; money and 
more money. You have a long memory.” I guess the City Ice Co. has 
demonstrated its prosperity to Christian Science. Do you believe that 
Burton Turner feels that way about the president of the City Ice Com¬ 
pany? I discover that the City Ice horses are well taken care of, so 
the error of mortal mind won’t penetrate their bodies. I discovered that 
they wear a blanket for lung protection. Stewart, your organization 
has surely made progress. Don’t you think it is unjust to always be 
giving the little old Mother God petticoat the credit for your religion. 

He says eighty per cent of our leading financial organizations are 
registering through their institution. But after all what is the meaning 
of Christian Science influence ? In writing my book I have well arranged 
a glowing airing. I have linked your human impulses with your other 
spirit boys and girls. I am making an appeal to human intelligence. You 
seem to have method in your madness by using politics as your weapon. 
My scene is laid in Cleveland in the dawn of the day; I have presented 
my false prophets. They are all dyed criminals, a great index system 
of their imagination. The theory is explained in the mind and soul. Of¬ 
fenders of justice, it’s the plausible lies that you deal out that are causing 
you so much trouble. Threads are weaving together the mysteries of that 
something Christian Science, you have a real Jekyl and Hyde career. 

The writer has a sense of humor, and ability to shamefully criticise 
the wickedness of Stuart’s personality as appearing in her act. No sin¬ 
cerity—his sole intention is to sham his belief and conceal his crime. He 
is liable to be suddenly taken with a fit of insanity for his daring deter¬ 
mination to conquer. He is very suspicious, woe to those who venture to 
cross his path. This is a Christian spirit. One wonders if he has any 
moral reputation ? He has a deep affection for the sense of love. Do 
you tell me Stuart, that ncle Humphrey, that belongs to your church 
is the man who makes those delicious pop-corn balls. A special feature 
which I have selected for fame in my book, is the story of how 
Uncle Pop-corn Humphrey places himself in the direct communication 
with his Mother God, Mrs. Eddy. 

The ideal, elastic spirit of Mother God—love—is reflected in knowing 
the truth of the spirit and the clairvoyant hypnotic influences of these 
human fiends. The author’s pen shall carry sympathy deep into the 
hearts of every human being. Strangely enough, I fell into the ranks 
and became one of the spirit boys and girls. It was a presentation of this 
dominating and domineering band of swindlers. Trailed by the writer, 
Stuart feared his discovery. 


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Henry Elliott Winslow 

Who’s been telling yon that yon are the divine and the ideal ? Truly 
I can’t see any difference between yon and any other spirit man. It 
must be delightful to be able to hold so many ladies’ hands and tell them 
that love is reflected in love. Do you specialize in ladies’ ills and frills ? 
I just can’t imagine any sickness with your instruction. All is illusion 
and error of mortal mind. Are you a super-man, are you superior to the 
average male ? Just what is your mutual arrangement with Stuart John¬ 
son, do you follow the same flim flam game ? And how are the spoils 
divided ? Do you both read to the one patient, or do you concentrate on 
your individual separately ? Elliott just fess up, I don’t want any 
treatment. I’m just an anxious little girl. I have heard so much about you 
spirit boys and girls that truly I am delighted to know more about you. 
They tell me the ladies like your style. I hear you were a clever Mr. Some¬ 
body. Do you ever have a chance to talk about yourself ? You’re the 
real actor man, no one ever could be able to tell your fortune and say that 
you were a married man. 

Little realizing that you are to become one of the leading characters 
I felt that you would be slighted if I did not work you in on the caste. 
Stuart Johnson has appeared in my comic role many times. Who’s saying, 
“I wonder who’s the author?” But, Henry, it is the real fact that I am 
staging in my review. 

I, too, have mentioned Burton Turner, featuring the divine spirit, 
I see Alfred Netschke, coming back; Alfred Peters is coming to the front 
of the spirit world; Daniel Ely is the emperor of all apostles; he wagers 
he is Mother God’s child. Salem Hart, Jr., hangs in the balance. He’s 
flirting now a days in the Supreme Court of Ohio, for his wrongful acts 
and malicious conduct, that of maiming a little boy. Henry Drach be¬ 
lieves he is hidden in the secret place through Mrs. Eddy’s divine spirit. 
W. B. Siders, the burlesque gentleman, claims the hypnotic power of 
God’s Perfect Child. I can’t believe that you fair gentlemen realize the 
seriousness of your hobby. Who said that all was in the mind ? You 
have attained your fame. Now comes the publicity from your criminal 
graft organization. It is sort of a shock, I know, but of course everything 
has a beginning and an ending. You can’t repeat and say, “Get behind 
thee, Satan.” Really, it’s a pity to see you suffering from such a torture 
of illusion. You are a well developed gentleman. How could you be hap¬ 
py in following a little old woman who made and wrote your religion ? 
It is evil temptation that is luring you. What if you gain the whole 


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world and lose your own soul? Farewell, Elliott, I now leave you with 
your Mother God. 

* * * 

Introducing 

Louis A. Heller, Miss M’Liss Heller and Miss Olive A. Heller. 

Offices Bulkley Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Phone Main 5419 
Healed while you wait. 

A very unusual occurrence with this trio. A brother and two sisters, 
Louis,. M’liss, Olive. A high power healing family. This whole family 
whispering Mother God. Each hand is stained with human blood. They 
have beautiful healing parlors in one of the high rent districts on Euclid 
avenue. This rich, bedecked, jeweled family hear only the Christ Like 
Mind. Voices—who shall see the King Louis ? Some poor feeble mind 
is waiting .in the reception room for treatment. Be silent, I can save 
you from the destruction of mortal mind. I could discern this resort is 
full of devils. Do you realize that the sin in which you live shall 
mean your everlasting doom? The absent treatments that you deal out 
are tinted with that nothing of your one thought, the one ideal. Be care¬ 
ful, Louis, someone is tipping you off. New channels are being developed 
by your absent treatments. Pray, tell the world how God appointed 
your whole family of grafters. Mrs. Eddy surely provided well for you 
sacred three. I discover that you are well dressed; guess you never meas¬ 
ure any of your acts with any degree of principle. However, your spirit 
boys and girls all seem to live in wonderful style and luxury. Where do 
you get that deceitful smile that you wear down on Euclid avenue ? It’s 
amusing. 

Just heard you gave a treatment for diphtheria to a little girl who 
died under your care and you would not allow her to have a doctor, 
medicine or antitoxin. Now your case has gone to the prosecutor’s office. 
Do you understand me? I am only talking plain English. Why are you 
so secret about your Ism? In your younger days, I understand that you 
were a brilliant failure, and now you enter the bunko game. Can you 
give me your recipe and formula for making money ? Would you suggest 
for me to rent an office and set up a little healing office all of my own 
and follow the parade ? What is troubling me is that I understand I 
would have to supply myself with eighteen of Mother God’s books, in de¬ 
claring the truth; to enable me to make my demonstration, to steal the 
people blind. 

Who would be my first victim, human or some dog ? They tell me that 
you treat the animals and you offer them the true state of being. Do you 
feel that a dog has a soul that would yield to your Mother God’s teach- 


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ings ? A lady practitioner, with offices in the Schofield Building, 
told me she had made most remarkable demonstrations of the truth 
among the animals. Is there any logic to this ? It would be a shame to 
make the poor innocent dog suffer by my false misrepresentation. Could 
you imagine I might rent an office in the C. A. C. Building in Cleveland, 
where all the other Christian Science practitioners are so wonderfully 
located, and paying high rent ? I understand that Madam Fitzpatrick 
and Lady Webster are paying two hundred dollars per month. But 
what’s troubling me is the rent, the electric light, my telephone, my fur¬ 
nishings. My draperies, furniture and rugs would all have to be in har¬ 
mony with that harmonious thought. Then if I looked prosperous, the 
public would think that I was prosperous. I would have to assume that 
Christian Science smile, and would have to get a sign painter to put my 
name upon the door, give my office hours. Well, then, I suppose I could 
go right in to the healing business, knowing that my supply would come 
through God, love and principle. 

This time I am not going to let an opportunity go by. Before, my con¬ 
sciousness always got the better of me. When my first patient makes 
his appearance I am told to start in and read, looking direct in the eye, 
and tell him he is God’s perfect child, that all is in love, there is only one 
mind, that is the Christ Like Mind, all is harmonious with our Mother God. 
Read the true state of being, tell her it is old mortal mind that is speaking 
about her claim. (Arthur W. Marriott, the man practitioner, who was ar¬ 
rested and found guilty, says that Jesus had no bowels). Tell all of the 
demonstrations and cures that I have never heard of, say to her that the 
doctors give sugar-coated pills to every patient. Again say that the doctors 
are using the Christian Science methods. By these crooked methods, they 
will fall for our treatment. Then I shall close my. eyes, throw myself into 
a hypnotic stupor, and my patient will get the wave of vibration, and hear 
the beautiful voices singing, ‘ ‘ Our Mother God. ’ ’ By this time the patient 
can no longer resist my influences and will soon be dreaming that he is 
in the spirit world. They must put all religious beliefs on the shelf, as 
they are now in science, keep the Roman Catholic thought of religion out 
of their minds. I must sell them our Mother God’s ‘Science and Health,’ 
which holds the key to power; tell them that this book will cost them 
six dollars, that they will find healings and blessings and comfort in my 
teachings, that their claim of sickness is only an error of this mortal mind, 
that disease does not exist. For this treatment I am charging only a mod¬ 
erate sum, three dollars for office calls and come for another treatment 
tomorrow, and the next day. Relax your muscles on the third day and 
call to my office for a better understanding of all power, all of which will 


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net me the grand and total sum of nine dollars for three calls. I will 
gladly arrange in the meantime absent treatments for you. Kindly re¬ 
member me to your friends and don’t forget to mention that I am a real 
specialist in the healing world. Now Louis, if I am successful in my heal¬ 
ing office I will be very glad to make it a fifty-fifty basis. Goodby to my 
new born King. Appointments made. 

Time is bidding sister M’liss and sister Olive Heller to establish their 
identity. They are spiritual advisers in this mind power exchange of heal¬ 
ing and the principal part money; visualizing in the spirit world of the 
faith, a heaven of paradise. They are translating the powers of the Al¬ 
mighty into a commercialized body of holy grafters, operating under 
false illusion. These two ladies I am told previously had a little millin¬ 
ery store on Lexington avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, trimming bonnets. They 
kept declaring the truth, until their dream came true. Now they are trim¬ 
ming the poor people’s pocketbooks, robbing them of self respect and de¬ 
luding and filling their minds with this poisonous corruption while 
boasting that wealth, prosperity and happiness can only be obtained 
through the direct channel of this so-called Christian Science. This 
special appointed sister Heller has secured a position, as a second reader 
of the Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, East 105th street, Cleveland. 
With the mighty star and assisting the imperial Stuart Johnson in his 
religious services. Stuart reads and then sister Heller reads again. 

Then these two divine spirits retire to their chairs, while Clara Hud¬ 
son Alexander sings about the Mother God and warbles in that nothing of 
Christian Science. 

Still continuing on the trail of the lonesome spirit, what do we find 
in the sermon on the mount ? The very rules that govern our spiritual de¬ 
velopment. God may guide my path through the traffic storm. 

* * * 

Introducing 

Miss Vinnietta J. Libbey, C. C. S. Offices Osborn Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Phone Prosepct 1437. A true understanding of one’s self. 

“ I wonder who the stranger is, who is entering my office ? I can’t 
help but feel uneasy about her appearance.” The author now finds that 
she’s doing a remarkable business living off the poor victims. We will 
notice that Yinietta Libbey has no Mrs. attached to her name. Is she 
a victim of circumstances in not getting married, or is the man fortun¬ 
ate ? Poor Libbey does not see that within her vast experience of putting her 
male victims into a trance, she holds the key to any man’s heart. She’s 
a rebuilder of tissues, weak hearts, and love forlorn. 

Supplying that something with no companion! All indications report 


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a very thriving, successful business in her office saving souls. Prices charged 
are three to five dollars for mental understanding. 

Realizing my position I must now become the listener. As the joyous 
exposes began to materialize I accomplished the desired effect through 
my tedious investigation. As I offered up a prayer to each office which 
1 entered, I asked our good Lord that he might give me strength in mak¬ 
ing my investigation, and protect me through my anxious hours. I began to 
understand that two and two are four. Many marvelous adventures were 
made before I could understand how I would meet the different subjects. 
The Lord only knew how secretly I had planned my investigation, getting 
and extracting all of the secrets from the Christian Science boys and girls, 
without them ever unearthing my identity. I was assured that each 
practitioner used the same criminal methods. 1 was always a firm be¬ 
liever in asking questions when one has a good willing subject to work 
upon. In the lady’s appearance I could discern that she seemed to be very 
well kept but something was lacking of personality and education. Ig¬ 
norance was personified. She had no charm and no grace; she was a very 
coarse appearing woman. It surely attracted my attention. She expressed 
her trust and belief in her Mother God, that the more one would give 
the greater and better results to be obtained in their claims of sickness 
and that the disease would disappear. These eager grafters prolong 
the cures through the absence of mind over matter. This gifted spirit 
woman is playing the game of chance she is the star of the future un¬ 
derstanding, basking in the sunshine of Mother God’s Perfect Child while 
at the same time she is a modem ideal and a master picee of the healing 
art. Still these spirits offer their solemn oath that there is only one mind, 
a leal exhibit of crime. No, I could not overlook Libbey. I can’t realize 
how a blank brain could produce such a wonderful claim. Thousands 
of their practitioners have succeeded beyond all hope. We cannot but re¬ 
member “Sickness is not an illusion but a reality.” 

I know that this madam has defined the supreme master mind of Mrs. 
Eddy. She is like the rest of these notorious criminals. She intends to 
stick to the big show. The law shall say, “Libbey, we have our hand on 
your pulse. The lady has been practicing this healing art, making the sup¬ 
posed claims and demonstrating for that mighty dollar. Why is it may 
I ask you, Miss Libbey, that you do not heal your poor afflicted mother’s 
body? A friend says that your mother is forgetting and suffering a 
lapse of memory. Be patient, heal your family first; then you are able 
to go out into the world and administer to the sick. Your life then would 
be filled with radiant joy forever. Close your books for the year ending 
1923 and resolve that you have made a desperate struggle for power. 


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You are not a miracle woman, just an ordinary human being. You, too, 
have spent a time abroad. Where did you get your money to travel in the 
foreign countries ? It is so strange that so many of the healing practi¬ 
tioners are able to sojourn there for pleasure.” 

I have checked up on your short comings and figured your faith heal¬ 
ing power. There is still at hand the dawn of day. The Christian Science 
as well as all evil cults must be forever erased from our Christian land. 
The writer might want to enter upon your new consciousness of mind 
over matter. Are you still repeating that you are God’s perfect child ? 
The phone rings, another absent treatment. Do you realize that your 
association criticises all other denominations, the ministers, the churches, 
oh, no one escapes their vicious tongue. They talk about the Catholics. 
They say the priest lives on the fat of the land; that the Jews are seeking to 
enter the kingdom through money and greed; they say Billy Sunday has 
been misleading the people, that he has bought over a hundred thousand 
souls. This brazen bunch even criticise Christ. No one is right but this strong 
army of Christian Science grafters. 

* * * 

Introducing 

Salem Hart Jr., C. C. S. Office Osborn Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Phone Prospect 277. A highly developed personality. 

He claims that he is heaven’s born phenomena, that he is the spirit 
of Mother God. Salem is the strong arm disciple who is a prosperous 
Christian Science practitioner, holds the honors of being the first reader 
of the First Church Christ Scientist at East 93rd street and Euclid avenue, 
Cleveland, Ohio, a highbrow, a real spirit gentleman. He is a sham in the 
make believe of a man, a deadly serpent. His make up is of a clever 
shrewd business-like man, quite polished, a real ladies’ man. Women 
are wonderfully received into the office of this apostle. He always has 
a very loving and anxious look. A pretty flapper girl is always accepted. 
He has a strong longing for the female sex; he is a real mixer into one’s 
life, he is shrewd, knows the ropes. He is protected from scrutiny by his 
advisers, through his Christian Science associations. He is a heart break¬ 
er, a strange mania of God’s perfect man. Just a glance into his eyes and 
the story is told. He performs the degree of that Christ Like Mind, he 
has plenty of wisdom, he is a real creature. Confidential treatments are 
given to ladies by one who knows. All treatments are given privately, 
no listeners on Salem’s line. Silence. What is doing behind the closed 
doors; love is being reflected by Mother God’s Boy. Can it be that we 
have misunderstood Salem Jr. Did someone say he was in the council 
of God. This high wisdom of a man was born only of a very common parent- 


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age. Lately ordained healing apostle, he is the tree of life, the son of Science 
Yes, the spirit boy has got to wearing a smile that won’t come off. He is in 
search of Miss Nature’s abode. 

A willy off the yacht he is the generating power of spiritual under¬ 
standing. Who’s the fair damsel, to fall for his flappering ? All is not 
gold that glitters. A real dramatic grace of God’s perfect child, with that 
trusted endurance of love, Salem belongs to the vanity of fools, with that 
bigot ambitious mind of a personality of self mastery. All is in safe keep¬ 
ing in the love nest; he teaches that guidance of life is the mold of under¬ 
standing, a motive and a method of a grand success and human instinct. 
He has a correct pose. 

No doubt but that he has had vast experience with the ladies. The sus¬ 
picion has been confirmed; he is the inspired disciple of the Holy Ghost, 
he enlightens the broken hearts; he is the extreme of the Christian Science 
theory, a medium of spiritual things. 

Who’s this ideal? It is Salem Jr. The future awards a punish¬ 
ment for those who sin. Solace of life is lost in the debris of the false 
beliefs; his mind is in a horrible fit of confusion. Oh death! a judgement of 
eternity, a master builder of crime, to which this gentleman deals out this 
deadly germ of thought, which is cast into the waves of today. The bud 
may blossom in the future circle of that nothing Christian Science. 

Only a man, is Salem Hart. Today the author hear s the rolling 
echoes of time, repeating the same old strain of the miracle man and not 
the high wisdom of God, just a suppose make believe, a clinging vine of 
his Mother God. Do I hear a rumbling echo of discord ? The author has 
tipped them off. Clashing sounds are heard in the realm, he’s only a 
marked feature of yesterday, today and tomorrow. 

Serious problems arise before the young man, the philosophy of life. 
There is only one God who holds to the thorne and not to the image of 
Mother God. Mr. Hart, throw off your monster of false belief; you have 
helped to commercialize souls, and now comes the faith of error. Therefore, 
the sword shall be wielded in the fight and the day of your healing youth 
will be gone. 

* * * 

Introducing 

Judge Charles Selzer, of Cleveland, Ohio. 

As I entered the Municipal Court of Cleveland, Ohio, I had the 
pleasure of meeting Judge Selzer whom I had known for many years. 
As I entered his office I received a friendly greeting, and as I looked 
at the distinguished gentleman, I could not realize that he was one of the 
leading spirits of the Christian Science Organization. While I was de- 


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bating with myself, I could see that he was somewhat inspired with the 
thought of the one mind. Can it be that the amiable judge believed 
that he is one of Mrs. Eddy’s chosen sons ? While I listened to his com¬ 
ment of Christian Science I could hear the same voice saying 
“I am God’s perfect child, an inspired prophet.” As I listened to the 
dramatic developments, I began to meditate. I had acquired the habit of 
listening and I felt that the judge had had many obligations imposed 
upon him by the Christian Science political influence through his official 
office. 

I tried to be very aloft in my questions. I felt less confident with his 
courtesy alone. I said, “Do you feel, judge, that the good Lord only 
gave to the world the one church and creed with exclusive healing powers ? ’ ’ 
He said, “Well, young lady, did not the apostles go-out and heal the sick 
and the blind?” 

I emphasized, “What ?” 

He sought to hide from my persistent questioning. 

“Did Jesus make a fee for his healing ?” I asked. 

“Don’t you think one is worthy of his hire ?” 

It did seem that my listener could not get away from the money 
thought. I said to him, “You seem to be a favorite in the Christian 
Science Organization, as they all shout you praise. Judge, I have had 
a great deal of respect for your personal feelings, but how can any 
man of your standing, intelligence and integrity believe in a religion 
that denies the Bible. You, as a judge of our courts, well know that the 
Christian Science Association is wholly without the protection of our laws. 
In their healing field, they break every law of decency by committing 
crimes through their fake belief of all power. Every practicing Christian 
Science practitioner is a false prophet. There is no doubt in my mind 
but what they have all entered into a conspiracy to defraud the public. I 
have paid the price, a sad experience. I have just recently passed through 
the death of my sister; she was murdered at the hands of these criminal 
brutes. They are exhibiting a vast influence in the political field, to fur¬ 
ther their cause. Their prices rise and fall according to the poor in¬ 
valids’ pocketbook. Your honor, you well know that superstition goes 
hand in hand with the devil, their mental thoughts are at the very bot¬ 
tom. No money, no healing. It is a long road which has no turning.” 

I lost my breath for a moment, and then I whispered to myself, “There 
is more light that is being thrown on my visit.” I asked the honorable 
judge, ‘ * Just what is Christian Science ? ” To which he replied, ‘ ‘ No one can 
explain.” I said a sort of a strange religion, when no one seems to be able to 
define its meaning. I could see that this question was a battling uncertainty 


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in the judge’s mind. “Well then,” I said, “this healing power seems 
to be a sort of a strange procedure, does it not ? ’ ’ 

He said, “Mrs. Eddy gave the understanding to the world of a true 
religion. ’ ’ 

“Yes,” I said. I could see the gentleman had the right to resist and 
protect any disclosure of his sacred integrity. Not wanting to spoil our 
friendship, as I had known the judge for some time, I tried to make my¬ 
self believe that the Christian Science thought was only of a supernatural 
concept on the honorable judge’s mind. He treated me with unusual 
courtesy and I was free to believe that it was only a witchery of the hour, 
that his vast experience before the public was sort of a passing illusion. I 
whispered to myself “God bless the judge.” “Is it only a dream,” I ex¬ 
claimed, “mind is a chaos of ancient history.” As I kindly thanked the 
Judge I bide him farewell. 

* * * 

Introducing 

Harry E. Duer, and his mother, Mrs. Clara Craig Duer, Schofield Building. 

Main 2032. Blessed healings. 

My many Cleveland friends without doubt will recognize this gentle¬ 
man by his name, as he is one of Cleveland’s business men, who owned and 
controlled the Duer Restaurants. By leaps and bounds, he has made his 
way into the healing world. He is beautifully located with his mother at 
the above address. 

He holds to the thought that now his prosperity must come by reading 
Mrs. Eddy’s book, instead of passing food out to the public. He now 
passes the spiritual food of that understanding of Mrs. Eddy. He feels 
that be is valuable in the spiritual world. The author wonders if he ever 
looks back and says, “Was this the thing that held me steadfast, imagin¬ 
ing and laboring under false illusion, a thief of that mental psychic power, 
in giving these fake healings, saying all is in love?” He must admit that 
there comes a time in one’s life when every fellow must face his dream 
of illusion. ‘ ‘ Do you know that your spirit boys and girls have been facing 
criminal courts, can you not realize that you have been flirting with the fu¬ 
ture.” “A rather uncomfortable feeling,” says the lady author. 

Harry, all is harmonious in dealing with the bygones of the fairy 
spirit in the role of God’s Perfect Child. Think it would feel rather queer 
to feel that you were and thought you were the second Jesus. Realizing 
that all of your fancied ideas are on the impulse of the moment, a clamor 
of mortal mind, I know that you have suffered pain and taken some sooth¬ 
ing syrup and had a doctor when you were sick. Then you tell your poor 
victims that it is error of mind. You are but a fragment of philosophy. 


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The writer has taken passage in the very same elevator that carries you 
to and from your office, I notice however, you never forget to look over a 
good looking female. Guess it becomes sort of habit. You make a won¬ 
derful appearance, I must admit. Do you say that all the spirit girls fall 
for your illusion of the romance of God’s Perfect Man? 

You are very lucky to have been at one time a restaurant man. Yon 
can now count the days; they are but few in the healing field. You can 
return safely to your old business profession and say, “All is reflected in 
the dishes.” 

I found Harry neither a good nor a true man. I could not determine 
what relation he-was to his Mother God. I could see abundance of animal 
magnetism about him. I realized that there was somewhat of an under¬ 
standing of speculation in the gentleman’s make up. He seemed a prob¬ 
lem to me, being tainted in his hypnotic ideas. I really felt sorry for the 
poor, miserable, human degenerate. His infective figure shocked the writer. 
I discovered the faith of this interwoven deception was taking on a new 
reaction through his hypnotic powers. The writer now contends that in 
her evidence they are only gambling with liberty of God’s Perfect Child. 
I hope soon to finish this review of spiritual suggestion which is so dis¬ 
gusting to the author. Harry, you too, shall share some embarrassment 
about your dear self in my new book of the spirit boys and girls, of that 
nothing Christian Science. You shall find in my drama the triangle of 
the hidden mysteries, of the simple ideal, the conqueror fighting beside the 
devil, to which I condemn your psychic personality. 

Mrs. Clara Duer 

Harry, how strange it does seem that your dear mother should be 
drawn into such complicating conditions, that exist in the Christian 
Science spirit. Why is it that you are robbing your mother of her self 
respect and trying to throw her into the very depths of hell by your de¬ 
luded mind. Your mother should realize the Bible is the word of God. 
Is she also making a mad race for money, does not she fear for her future 
soul ? Our mothers should be our examples and not our destroyers. Is it a 
mutual understanding of sin that you are allied so closely in, a hidden 
mystery ? Do you not know that in the shadow of the night, you and 

your mother are falling victims and drifting to another shore ? 

* * * 

Introducing 

Mrs. Lida W. Fitzpatrick, Office C. A. C Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

. Appointments made by phoning Prospect 215. 

The prodigal Lida. 

A supreme being, acknowledged authority on metaphysical powers, a 


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flourishing practitioner and a pal of Lulu Webster. Also an instructor 
in Christian Science understanding for which the degree of C. S. D. is 
issued. She offers to the public her developed idea, the mystic understand¬ 
ing of the Mother God, with wealth prosperity and health. 

This obliging and saint-given medium realizes her worth and value 
in offering on the open market her class instruction, in the art of making 
money, teaching that our supply comes through Mother God’s principle. 

For this course of six lessons of better understanding a fee is charged 
of one hundred dollars C. 0. D. Surely there are no deferred payments, 
in madam Fitz’s curriculum. 

This teaching is only a side issue with the lady. At the end of her per¬ 
formance her class instruction or school closes with a grand principle 
being known as money for which she gives a diploma guaranteeing the 
newly made spirits the assurance of the abundance of God’s Perfect Child. 
On entering the madam’s office one is almost paralyzed with the beauti¬ 
ful settings and comfortable chairs wherein one may rest and visualize 
with faith. 

The holy ghost of this beloved Lida tells you that love can only be pro¬ 
duced through her treatment. She is laboring under hallucinations, has 
a wandering of the mind, quite a perception of the real understanding 
of the divine spirit. 

As I look about the marvelously appointed reception room, I de¬ 
cided that I had reached my ambition, that I had now conquered the 
day, by exposing the inner walls of this secret. The events happened 
so rapidly, that I hardly realized where I was at. Presently I heard 
some familiar voice say , “Dearie, are you seeking treatment?” 

Hastily I thought, “All is in the mind.” However. I presumed she 
thought that I was a very amiable subject to work upon and that my pocket- 
book looked like prosperity to her. This was a new whirlwind to me. The 
apostle would look at me and then she would take a glance at my pocket- 
book. She said to me, “Dearie, do you realize that there is only one be¬ 
lief and that is our Mrs. Eddy’s teachings?” Then I realized perhaps 
I was some spirit child and as I looked at the lady practitioner the thought 
came to me that it must be a wonderful power to cause such a rapid growth 
from poverty to luxury, and this was all gained through the beautiful 
thought of the Christ like mind. 

I felt that I must be the happiest woman in the world as now I had 
entered this real fight to win, and I thanked our good Lord. Nevertheless 
I too, was rising to fame. You are only living in your feverish mind, 
while you may be quite congenial. My story is to be a masterpiece. It 
is my investigation that is bringing me before the public, in exposing these 


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mighty monarchs. However, my appearance may shock a few as I have 
described the terrific battle that the Eddyites are waging, having found 
it necessary for myself to be fully protected, in trying to dramatize my 
human subjects. The spirit had a craving for that something to confuse 
and mislead, oh such a cowardly existence. It is alarming, when they 
speak about their Mother God, and then, I think, 4 ‘ Is there no God, no hope 
no hereafter?” Who shall be cursed for their sins? This is the greatest 
question of the twentieth century. As a matter of fact the remainder of 
my caste is the climax. As I attract the gang, oh, there is a radical insin¬ 
cerity in each spirit’s face and thought, to which I have already said 
that my show shall be an interesting one for a small price, the final chap¬ 
ter consisting of the chief master comedian of the real princess. I have a 
wonderful supporting caste which is being ambushed. They can no longer 
shun publicity, the crime has been committed. They have been successful 
in evading the law long enough. 

Mrs. Fitzpatrick, your story of your wonderful claims of healing 
sounds very incredible to me. You are only home folks; it is a terrible 
plunge in the darkness. It is - a shadow of mystery, the great sensation, 
the epic of human emotion which so strongly draws each human impulse 
which I have so vividly pictured in my story. 

Can you explain to me why so many Christian Science practitioners 
suffer from tumor and cancer? They are secretly spirited away to some 
hospital and operated upon by our doctors. And then when they are cured 
they return to their office and tell their poor patients that their claims of 
tumor and cancer were sloughed away by the Christian Science methods. 

You cannot deny that I have told the truth. Why is it that you go 
to a dentist to get your teeth attended to ? You are not able to deny this 
claim. And then while having a tooth extracted you have the dentist 
administer gas so that pain will not exist. You miserable deceitful pieces 
of humanity! you have perpetuated the worse sins that could ever be 
tolerated in a Christian land for the sole protection of your selfish interest. 

As I strolled through the City Hall I chanced to see in the health de¬ 
partment, “Sanitation and Commissioner of Health.” Now comes Dr. Pat¬ 
terson, a member of the Ohio Public Health Association, declaring that 
the state health administration is valued by the wide spread of public 
opinion in safeguarding the interests of the entire population of the State 
of Ohio. Here comes the novelist, the woman, and man Christian Science 
practitioners claiming that they are the doctors of this great health universe. 

I can safely ask our doctors why any one of them is permitted to 
sign a death certificate for an undertaker, so that he may prepare this 
Poor Christian Science victim’s body for a burial. Down in their 


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heart they know it is wrong. I have found dozens of cases through my in¬ 
vestigation where doctors have signed the death certificate, without even 
knowing who the patient was and what her affliction might be and not 
even her name. Is this not an evil practice ? Who’s being sworn to 
secrecy ? 

I might add that we have a league that is known as the “Animal Pro¬ 
tective League. Now, my friends, may I ask where is the ‘ ‘ Human Protec¬ 
tive League ? ’ ’ Until our doctors take a firm stand in declaring that these 
evils must be forever erased, we can have no Human Protective League. 

What’s the remedy, my good Christian people? Again, what pro¬ 
gressive steps are being taken to interest public opinion in laying before 
the legislature of the State of Ohio an issue to crush the said activities 
of Christian Science? Now, as the dial points to political influence, 
there must be a co-operation of our doctors and civic organizations in de¬ 
manding justice. 

And shall I dream of a full realization, that in a few months the Ohio 
State Legislature will have decided the human destiny by the decision of 
a law for justice for a free Christian independence, and shall our guiding 
star still rest in the field of hope and our pageant of glory forever wave? 

* * * 

Introducing 

Clara Kobertson of Battle Creek, Michigan, the mental thief. 

If my readers will follow each line, they will note how this serpent 
webbed her way by her false illusions into the very soul and heart of my 
dear one. A vine of the devil and his teachings. As I recall while I had 
my sister in Dr. Kellog’s sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan, this is the 
story of how sister became acquainted with Eddy’s apostle. 

One morning, as I was taking a walk I met a woman whom I did not 
recognize. But the lady’s face seemed familiar and she said, “Aren’t you 
Miss Nora-Gon whom I used to know some years ago?” To my surprise 
and my sorrow, I met the friend who told me she was living in Battle 
Creek. She seemed so pleased to see me, she asked me what I was doing 
in Battle Creek. I told her I had my sister in the sanitarium, little 
realizing that I had invited trouble right to my door. The next day the 
friend, Mrs. Mabel Burgdof, came to pay a visit. She began to tell sister 
of the wonderful healing that she had of a terrible claim of sickness. In 
sister’s weakened condition she listened and .she thought “How lovely.” 
The strange friend said, “The doctor had given up her case as hopeless.” 
My poor sick sister became absorbed. Mabel said, “Christian 
Science healed me,” and then we could not realize what she was talking 
about. But now, God knows I can fully realize and feel the pangs and 


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tortures of hell, to one who falls for this false faith. I told Mabel that 
Dr. Kellog has expressed a desire for me to take my sister back to our 
home in Cleveland, telling me that she would soon recuperate and re¬ 
cover, and within a few days that we would take our departure for home. 
Then she invited sister out to her home for a few days for rest, before we 
made the journey. Sister became anxious to spend a few days with our 
old friend Mabel; however, here’s where the tragedy started. We called 
the ambulance and went out to our friend’s home not as a visitor, but as 
a paid guest, taking along with us sister’s trained nurse from the hospital. 
Dr. Kellog had made all arrangements for his hospital nurse to accompany 
us back to Cleveland. 

Well, as fate willed, we fell into the trap. The next day Mabel invited 
a friend, Mrs. Robertson, a practitioner, to visit sister. This bloodthirsty 
serpent got in her deadly work. Listen, my friends, this is what happened. 
Sister was so weak and ill and while our hospital nurse, Miss Bishop, was in 
attendance to sister, the Robertson woman said to Miss Bishop, “I cannot 
allow or permit a hospital nurse in the practice of my treatments.” She 
said she had her staff of nurses and she asked Miss Bishop to leave. 
She called up one of the Christian Science nurses, who at once came 
out to the house. By this time they had got such a deadly grip of hyp¬ 
notic influence about my sister that we were helpless, as sister’s mind 
was with her body. We stayed a few days at the friend’s home but then 
all seemed such a mystery. I then did not realize what Christian Science 
was. All seemed so foreign to me and I little realized what the conse¬ 
quences might be. On the next Saturday in the morning, we made 
our fatal trip home. The spiritual serpent said, “It will be quite 
necessary for you to take my nurse home, as she must be under the 
influence of that Christ like mind.” I asked the Robertson spirit what we 
owed her for the few calls she had made on sister, and she said about 
thirty-five dollars; that we being Mabel’s friends she would charge me only 
twenty-five dollars. I thought this price was very reasonable. However, 
the price made no difference to me as all I wanted was the recovery of 
my dear sister. I asked her (the Robertson woman) what she would 
charge me for the services of her nurse. She said that she felt that 
owing to the friendship of Mabel, that she would be willing 
to let her go home with us for forty dollars per week with all expenses 
paid, (which is understood). She said that her nurses had all cut their 
prices since the war. During our world war they got as high as sixty dol¬ 
lars a week with all expenses. However that price made no difference to me; 
all I wanted was sister’s health. The Robertson woman said, “You will 
find that my prices for nurses do not vary from the doctors’ and hospital 


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nurses. ’ ’ Not having had any sickness that required a nurse I took it for 
granted. The Robertson woman told me that they had a license to prac¬ 
tice, the same as doctors did. It seemed that this spiritual woman was al¬ 
ways talking about prices and money. That was the foremost question, the 
money. 

It made me shudder when I heard this witch say to my sister, “You are 
God’s Perfect Child.” She allowed this poor girl to eat every kind of 
food and anything she wanted. Again she would repeat, “You are God’s 
Perfect Child, nothing can harm you.” I discovered that sis¬ 
ter’s feet began to bloat but while she was at the hospital she had no signs 
like that on her body. But when she got in Christian Science as they 
called it, the Robertson woman said she must not take any medicine 
for her bowels as that is materia medica and that her treatment did not 
require any medicine; that sickness was only illusion of the mind. I began 
to ask myself what I was paying her twenty-five dollars for—for helping to 
destroy my sister’s life? I had awakened to the realization that I too, 
had been mesmerized by this deadly serpent. 

She caught me off guard. I was so anxious over sister’s recovery 
that I too listened to her false claims being put into practice. I can hear 
her saying and repeating, “Get behind thee Satan.” Now I realize the folly 
of all this false illusion. I asked my friend Mabel Burgdof just what was her 
bill for my sister’s stay at her home. She said, “About twenty dollars.”” 
My readers, this was some paying system. For the few days that sister 
spent at her home I am frank to explain that I paid for all groceries and 
dainties, all extras that were delivered to my friend’s home. Such an 
experience perhaps never shall I pass through again. Such an exchange 
of money, the price of a soul. 

In wishing to make the death journey back to our dear home again, 
I wired ahead for a parlor car to Detroit, from there also made reserva¬ 
tion for double parlors on the boat from Detroit to Cleveland. When we 
arrived at the station in Detroit an ambulance was waiting for our train. 
God only knows the anxious moments and the feeling and hopeful thought 
that I was to bring back my sister to Cleveland. Poor child, she seemed 
to enjoy the trip; the boat arived in Cleveland on Sunday morning. We 
were met by my car which was in waiting for us. She was so happy on 
our arrival. The spirit nurse began to read and read that she was a child 
of Mother God, and the true statement of being, and that love was re¬ 
flected in love, repeating to her that she now was Mother God’s perfect 
child. 

It is this which rings in my ears constantly. On our arrival home, 
we were cautioned by the nurse not to let any one of our friends know that 


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sister was in Christian Science as they couldn’t understand. She told 
us that our neighbors knew that sister had been in the sanitarium and 
they would think that she was a hospital nurse we had brought home 
with us. She said, “Our uniform is the same that they use in hospitals, 
and they will not suspect anything.” Everything was shrouded in 
such secrecy and mystery; everything seemed to be under cover, yet we 
were unable to understand just what everything was about. 

She would say that Mother God does bring wonderful healings of 
any claim to those who keep quiet and declare the truth. 

She would have sister read and read, then sister would look up at her 
so pitifully and say, “Nurse, will I get my healing?” Oh such a sacrifice, 
and this devil and demon knew that our dear one was doomed. She kept 
encouraging us saying that they would have to have our minds under 
control of that Christ like mind, then sister would be healed. - 

A few days after we arrived, a friend recommended a practitioner, a 
man by the name of one Arthur W. Marriott, of Cleveland. He, claiming to 
be a renowned specialist in healing power, and an ordained disciple, came 
into our home; he discovered the Battle Creek spirit nurse. He said he 
could not work with any other practitioner’s nurse, as he always had his 
own staff of nurses, and to get this desired healing he must ask that the 
nurse be dismissed. 

The same evening she took a train for Chicago. I asked him what I 
should do regarding paying her expenses from Cleveland to Chicago, and 
he said to me, “It is customary to pay all expenses, also Pullman, which 
included dining room service.” However, I paid all of her expenses as I 
thought I could not let anything interfere in behalf of my dear sister’s 
life. I secured her reservation, everything was first class. Really I could 
not imagine that she ever looked as though she had before traveled in 
such comfort and luxury. 

She had no refinement whatever; she had more the appearance of a 
poor unfortunate scrub woman. She wore glasses and I said, “Mrs. Breds- 
ley, why is it you wear glasses ?” “Why dearie, it has become such a 
habit,” and that she was not strong enough in science to overcome the 
habit. I noticed that her supposed claim of habit seemed to be a reality. 
Whenever she took off her glasses she had a very hard time in groping 
around the house. 

But then, this is only Mrs. Eddy’s child. There are none of the spirit 
boys and girls able to correct their own sight of mortal mind. Truly I 
am very glad that our good Lord will not make me suffer for all of the 
Christian Science lies and sins which they have committed. With this 
frenzied bunch it is foul play everywhere in their metaphysical under- 


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standing. A few days after sister’s death I awoke to the fact that we 
had been duly misled, while my mother had not fully recovered her con¬ 
sciousness from the state of mesmerism in which she had been thrown 
by the hypnotic powers of Christian Science. I was able through the help 
of God to clear away the mist before my eyes. I immediately started an 



investigation through the support of the state. I was able to see that we 
were dealing with criminals. 

Later many of the Christian Scientists were arrested. One morning I 
received a bill through the post office in my mail, marked Battle Creek, 
Michigan. Upon opening the letter I discovered I had received a bill from 









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Clara Robertson, the Christian Science practitioner, informing me that 
she would thank me if I would return to her a check which she claims was 
still due her for absent treatments. This seemed a mystery to me. I 
took the bill which was sent me to a bank official, and he had a number 
of photostats made of her demand for money. Later I placed these in 
the hands of the government for further action. Meantime my attorney 
wrote a letter to the Secretary of State in Lansing, Michigan, inquiring 
if the Christian Scientists of Michigan were licensed, the same as our 
medical physicians. I submit herewith a copy signed by the Secretary 
of State: 

Charles J. Deland, Albert V. Chilson, 

Secretary of State. Deputy Secretary 

State of Michigan 
Department of State 
Lansing 


May 10, 1922. 


Dee & Doe, Attorneys, 

Ulmer Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Dear Sirs: 

Replying to yours of recent date beg to advise you that our state 
has no law granting the Christian Science practitioners the right to 
treat the sick and charge a fee for their services. 

Very respectfully, 

Charles J. Deland, 

Secretary of State, 


CWB-B 


In my statement I am presenting the facts which breathe the truth 
in exposing to the world these master minds. For instance, I now wish to 
introduce Clyde C. Cartwright, Assistant County Prosecutor of Marshall, 
Michigan, who was a former assistant of County Prosecutor Leary of 
Battle Creek, Michigan. Mr. Cartwright of Marshall, Michigan, plays a 
very important part in my new book. He is a man who is destitute of all 
sense and principle and moral obligations. I was sent to Marshall, Michi¬ 
gan, on August 3, 1922 to meet this man Cartwright and to lay before him 
all the facts surrounding this secrecy of the Christian Science practi¬ 
tioner of Battle Creek, Michigan. Upon my arrival in Marshall, Michi¬ 
gan, I had an audience with him. He was a sort of spirit looking man. I 
discovered a strange look appearing in his face. However, the crucial 
moment had appeared; I figured to myself that it was now time for law and 
order. 

I begged the gentleman’s pardon and spoke to him. I said, “Mr. 


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Cartwright, I have made this long journey to interest you in the criminal 
cases against Mrs. Clara Robertson, of Battle Creek, Michigan. She 
loaned a helping hand in the murder and torture of my sister. She has 
falsely extorted money from me. Michigan does not give Christian Science 
the legal right to practice medicine without a license.’’ 

He abruptly answered me, 4 ‘We have no law in Michigan refusing them 
the right to practice and charge for their services. They have the same 
legal right that any physician does to charge.” 

I let him have the stand for a few minutes and then I called the house 
to order. I said, “Mr. Cartright, why such an attitude toward me ?” 

He smiled a very deceitful smile, and said, “Young woman, 
how many people do the doctors kill? Look what they charge. Is not a 
Christian Science practitioner worthy of his or her hire?” 

I said, “Your honor, if you will be so kind and listen to me for a few 
moments; I have in my possession a letter from the Secretary of State of 
Lansing, Michigan, that I would like to read the contents of to you. ’ ’ 

I read the letter to him. He looked sharply in my face and says, 
“Young lady,” in that defiant command, “Why don’t you stay in your 
own state. Don’t come over here in Michigan and run my office and tell 
me what to do.” 

“Mr. Cartright,” I said, “Am I not American, haven’t I a right of free 
speech ? Now don’t get excited, I don’t want to be misunderstood. In this 
issue the Robertson woman did extort money from me under malicious and 
false pretenses” 

Cartright said, “What difference if she did ? I guess she had a perfect 
right.” 

“Your honor, No sir, she has broken faith of the very laws of the statute 
of Michigan. The constitution of the United States does not permit any 
one to falsely extort money from any one, for any fake belief or practice. 
However, Mr. Cartright, you are not the law. May I again ask why it is 
that you have taken such a one sided and unjust attitude against me ? Did 
not you swear your allegiance to the people who selected you to your office 
and as an official to perform your duty in bringing these very criminals to 
account for their crimes? Is this social justice? I am giving to you the 
very citations of the law, it is full of relevant citations. You have no right 
to descriminate; therefore you are stubbornly shirking your responsibility 
and public obligations. How can you have the heart to shield these crim¬ 
inals where life and death is at stake? Are you not acting as a minute man 
for Christian Science ?” 

The honorable sir said to me, “You have some very pronounced ideas.” 

“However,” I said, “I thank you. I like your magnetic personality.” 


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Mr. Cartright said, “Young lady, it seems to me that the devil manufac¬ 
tured poison and that our doctors deal it out frequently.” 

“Your honor, who manufactured Christian Science ? Let me see I 
believe the devil wrote Science and Health. Are you not laboring under 
false illusion through the sea of darkness.’’ 

“I am determined to brave the storm, I have written a book and I am 
giving it to the world exposing your spiritual friends. Listen! does the 
public realize that your wife has been practicing as a Christian Science 
healer for years in demonstrating the devil ? This seems to be in your 
own family.” 

By this time I could discover that I was making an impression upon him. 

I was sending home the very thought of crime and graft. It was not 
necessary for me to carry a compass to point to the truth; my hat had al¬ 
ready been tossed into the ring. 

Discovering that I was near the divine spiritual blessing, my persistent 
demand was met with an excuse “I am sorry but I can not attack the re¬ 
ligion.” He retorted back “I am the law.” 

I said, “Are you in keeping with the law ? Fortunes have been made 
out of Christian Science at the price of human blood. Very well, sir, 
I shall proceed to deliver my ultimatum by forcing your hand for justice.” 
Surely he was not at all impressed with my visit. 

Mr. Cartright has a very passive mind and feels very irritable regard¬ 
ing his oath and loyalty and charity at home. He said to me, “It is not 
in the scope of my jurisdiction to punish any Christian Science practi- 
titioners, if they do murder and maim and torture people unlawfully.” 
Feeling he couldn’t prosecute his own wife’s criminal association for their 
abuses through negligence. Michigan holds that through its statutes the 
Christian Scientists are punishable. Mr. Cartright, you will answer to the 
roll call of duty at a later date. The author has secured the evidence, 
and now the burden of proof rests upon you as county prosecutor. 1 shall 
demand an action in this case; you are guilty of misconduct in failing to 
do your official duty. Many changes may take place in your brain cells 
during your performance. You seem to be determined to obstruct justice. 
Is not justice for all and special privilege for none, my dear sir? I have 
collected sufficient data. I have an abundance of evidence which must be 
permitted as facts. I shall systematically arrange this evidence so it may 
be presented to your grand jury which in turn, the legal statute will re¬ 
turn justice. I understand that your wife, Mrs. Cartwright, believes she 
is Mother God’s perfect child. Through her object lessons of hypnotism and 
influences she performs that Christ like mind. Don’t criticise me, I am 
telling the truth, the whole truth, and if the Christian Science Association 


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with your good help want to swoop down on me like a swarm of bees 1 
invite the time, the place and the hour, as I assume the role of responsibil¬ 
ity and consequently, I do hereby assert my superiority over all and every 
religious grafter. I am now going to demand and insist that my consti¬ 
tutional right be obeyed. 

Your Christian Science says, “Get behind thee, Satan.’’ Once more, de¬ 
claring that I have entered the ranks, I shall not withdraw until the day is 
won. Your wife’s metaphysical philosophy has been generously accepted, 
now accept the right and the just. Thank the Lord for small favors in 
shielding from the public the skeleton in your closet. Obey law and order. 
You cannot afford to abuse the public’s confidence, a real test. I know 
that experience keeps a good school, obedience to our American flag, we 
are told we pass this way but once. A. deluded mind spells destruction. 
The author is aroused by your defying commands. Are we all maniacs 
of your Mother God’s universe? My final, who is the honorable Cartwright, 
the Assistant County Prosecutor of Battle Creek, Michigan. 

* * * 

Speeial 

After several weeks of patient and anxious waiting I entered the 
county prosecutor’s office and had a meeting with Mr. Stanton. I told 
him there was no need to tell him the mission of my call, as he already 
knew of the existing conditions of my sister’s death, at the hands of 
Christian Science. However in laying the evidence before him I told him 
I was seeking his aid and assistance into righting the wrong. He told me 
he had already learned that a number of Christian Science practitioners 
had been arrested for practicing medicine without a license, and that he 
also had understood that the one Arthur W. Marrott the practitioner 
who murdered my sister, was convicted in the municipal court, Cuyahoga 
County, Cleveland, Ohio. Judge Dempsey had found said Marriott guilty 
of practicing medicine without a license, for which a fine and costs were 
imposed. I told Mr. Stanton, that no doubt he had been informed that 
the association for criminal justice had held a meeting on two different 
occasions and after going thoroughly over the evidence connected in the 
case, that the committee headed by our former war secretary Newton D. 
Baker, also president of Chamber of Commerce of Cleveland, Ohio, and 
with the honorable Paul Holland, honorable McKenan and Walter Mc¬ 
Bride and Mr. Goff of the Cleveland Trust Co., and a number of promin¬ 
ent Cleveland men, presented this evidence to the County Prosecutor, 
Mr. Stanton, to which he turned a deaf ear. 

Mr. Stanton did promise me his support, and told me, that I should 
come back to his office and he would be very glad to go over the case with 


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me. However, on a number of occasions when I did go back to Mr. Stanton’s 
office, each time I was told that he was very busy, or he was out 
of his office. It seemed very strange that Mr. Stanton should refuse to ac¬ 
cept the committee’s report on so vital an interest to the public. Again, 
it has placed the men of this exalted body under much embarrassment, 


State of Ohio 

Office of tiie Attorney General 


JOHN G. PRICE 

ATTORNEY GENERAL 


Columbus 


December 4, 1922. 


Miss E. B. Noradon. 
1969 East 81st 3t., 
Cleveland, Ohio. 

Dear Madam: 


Referring to your complaint of sometime ago addressed 
to this office and a subsequent letter written by you to 
Attorney General Daugherty, which has been referred to me, 
dealing with the question of complaint against Christian 
Science practitioners, plrmit me to advise that your letter 
was referred to the Prosecuting Attorney at Cleveland, Ohio, 
and 1 also called to his attention the letter written by 
you to Mr. Daugherty. I am just in receipt of a letter from 
Mr. Stanton, the Prosecuting Attorney, in which he advise# 
me that he is not in position to institute any further 
prosecution, and calls attention to the case against Marriott 
for illegally practicing medicine, which was begun In the 
Municipal Police Court and whioh, according to his statement, 
is now pending in the Court of Appeals on error. 


JGP-SD 


< 


Very respectfully. 





Attorney General. 



in lieu of all the maneuvers of Mr. Stanton, shirking his responsibility. 
Mr. Stanton realizes that the law specifically states that the said Arthur 
W. Marriott was in the commission of a wrongful act, when he tortured and 
murdered the author’s sister. 

I wrote a letter to the Attorney General, Harry Daugherty, at Wash- 




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ington, D. C., asking his assistance in my behalf. I received a letter in 
answer from the attorney general at Washington through Attorney Gen¬ 
eral John W. Price of Columbus, Ohio, asking me to get in direct com¬ 
munication. with Mr. Stanton, the prosecutor. 

However, I did not call on Mr. Stanton again, as it seemed to be impos¬ 
sible for me to gain another interview with him. I am wondering 
what is wrong with justice. My readers, just think, what would happen 
if it was some poor individual, instead of a political organization, the prose¬ 
cutor ’s office is so saturated with Christian Science. However, Mr. Stanton 
would deal a death blow to any individual. With renewed strength 
I am slowly reaching the goal. Mystery surrounds this case, also the 
conduct of the county prosecutor’s office which should have presented 
this evidence to the county grand jury. He has failed in this. It is an 
important period in the general unsettled condition of Cleveland. When 
the conduct of such an officer is put to a severe test, the public opinion 
should be invited in. What is the answer? Is Mr. Stanton performing his 
duty ? I am informed on good authority that each county prosecutor is 
receiving through the kindness of the Christian Science publication, 
a newspaper called the Christian Science Monitor, with compliments 
attached. May I ask my good readers the meaning of this? 
The Christian Science spirit creeps in every cog of the wheel. Large 
sums are being scattered about. A prearranged scheme for personal in¬ 
fluence; conditions are appalling. Who are the political fixers? The writer 
has a right to severely censure. I have had a number of conferences with the 
foremost public officials and in each instance they would say, “My lady, 
Christian Science is a delicate operation. It is a piece of political 
machinery.” So sacred have been my meetings with a number of these 
supposed politicians that they would assure me their loyal support if I 
would keep their names closeted. Acting under the instructions. I was 
tossed to and fro. They were only promises. 

What’s the motive ? Who will recommend social justice? Only 
a pretended performance of law. What’s the price of human sacrifice? 

Christian Science is a commercialized business, not a Christian religion. 
It is the commercializing of God’s works. The big financiers of this so-called 
organization openly boast that they are spending thousands of dollars in 
lobbying, to defeat justice. 

I shall appeal to the public on my lecture tour, to the fair minded 
Americans and Christian people to join hands and stand squarely behind 
me, in this noble cause, to right the wrong and to clear the State of Ohio 
of this religious cult. There should be a punishment for this violence, 
irrespective of any religion or political influence in upholding every law 


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of the constitution of our United States. Mr. Stanton, our constitution 
stands as a wonderful piece of brain and law . A crime to tear down the 
respect for justice. The Eddyites have had a free hand too long, their 
principles must be attacked. It is a serious religious mania of a construc¬ 
tive fault. The collapse must come and this mandatory cease. 

This is an actual review of my past experience and investigations in 
the shadow of politics. Each man has a price. My book deals with the 
problem of this eternal tangle of political and religious graft. It can be 
fully realized and seen that someone is shirking his duty. The author 
is in close contact with the true issue, and feels that her readers will 
unanimously say ‘Amen.’ 

Showers of sympathy does the author hear. I catch the viewpoint as 
I listen to the other side. It is in sight; a quick impulse is being translated 
into the system of the aftermath. I have prepared myself for a real ser¬ 
vice to our future generations. 

Time is now here for action. Separate their faith healing from their re¬ 
ligion and what is left ? The massvie churches and practitioners are becom¬ 
ing so numerous that soon Cleveland will not have enough office space in 
their buildings to accommodate this evil practice. We are warned again 
by the Christian Science that the Catholic thought must be kept out of 
our mind and that the Jews are susceptible only through the prosperity 
thought. It is utterly impossible for the writer to comprehend or any 
other person to comprehend. Science has enjoyed prosperity and they now 
turn and discriminate against all other religious faiths. 

We can no longer remain quiet and daily see these crimes committed. 
Who dares to criticise me with poor grace? Shall I withhold the vast 
knowledge that I have secured against these Christian Science criminals, 
and under the existing circumstances.? Who is this brave woman? Some 
one shouts, “The lady author.” 

Well do I remember that shortly, after I entered the suffrage battle, 
I wrote a piece entitled, ‘ ‘ The Age of Intelligence and the Political Duties 
of a Mother,” in which I think I successfully combated the statement 
then prevalent that the woman’s place was in the home. I find myself 
entering this world’s battle in writing a book, with a changed viewpoint, 
that of helping to aid and loan my assistance to humanity. Through the 
death of my dear one, I am stirred to give to the public a startling account. 
Entering upon the facts we must use the services of our ministers, our 
civil organizations, and civic branches and our medical staff, also our politi¬ 
cal officials in running down the master mind of the metaphysical teachings 
of Mary Baker Eddy, to which their system is almost perfect. Never before 
have they been captured and trapped. These high lights are scattered in 


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Cleveland. They send out their pickets every place. There is no hesitancy on 
the part of the politicians to consider any advanced proposition when a case 
is instituted against any Christian Science practitioner. We find that ad¬ 
vance information has always reached the head of the department, and 
under this condition usually the machinery of justice begins to work slowly, 
through their secret meetings known as demonstrative and constructive 
maneuvers. 

This seems to be a regular procedure; authorities have learned tlat 
someone is operating behind closed doors. Being fully equipped with 
political power the politicians fear the breaking of the day. God’s ways 
are mysterious. Many questions have been advanced to the author as to 
what means and ways there can be to curb the activities of these swindlers. 
Our dreams sometime forewarn of future disaster. Hark! Someone 
now is talking about the foremost book of the spirit boys and girls of that 
nothing of Christian Science, the Mother God’s universe. God does not 
save men until the human efforts prepare the way. My friends it is some 
task when there is no vision and foresight to the future. When we see poor 
people perish we cannot slumber and dream longer. The King’s business 
requires haste and our main business in this life is to be pleased with God’s 
plan. By prayer and faith, we can reach the height of our ambition. In our 
problems which seem simple and just, the result may thus be obtained 
through God, who gave us a great example in the work of redemption in 
which Jesus followed the same plan. 

The great problem now is, ‘ ‘ How is this Christian Science religion to be 
suppressed throughout the world. ’ ’ People must be brought together by an 
actual campaign in outlining this message. Jesus realized that he knew the 
harvest could be gathered in, if there were reapers enough. This is the 
prayer that needs to be prepared. We must gather together the available 
Christian workers and deliver the message to the world. There must be more 
Christ and less controversy which will be a very effective way. If any man 
ever held vision it was Jesus of Nazareth. He saw the possibilities, the 
opportunity; he displayed a wonderful vision. The salvation of our souls 
goes with the saving of life. The rocket must be sent broadcast in main¬ 
taining our Christian uplift. It is true, it involves every other denomina¬ 
tion. This is a most unfortunate and rapidly growing menace, a serious 
unrest and feeling in this country which is causing a great religious outcry 
on the part of the different faith cults. This evil existed and was born in 
Boston, Mass. It was brought to this section of the country by the far- 
seeing and far reaching financial agents of the Mother God, Mrs. Eddy 
which exist today. We must deplore such a state of things and meet the 


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true existing conditions. The enemy is advancing; we cannot disregard the 
truth. 

There is a hatred and a prejudice. We must become one hundred per 
cent Christian; we cannot solve this grave issue by forgetting. If we do no¬ 
thing about this, a serious trouble will be facing us. 

We must meet the indirect method of this secret association. The 
writer fully realizes that it is a real issue, a. problem, a new born problem. 
It must be solved at any cost. A fair understanding, a prophecy of the 
Bible, which calls our attention to these false prophets. There must be com¬ 
plete harmony in combating this situation. I am apprehensive, however, 
that this wave which is sweeping our civilized land into trouble, has had 
much acticity on the part of these Christian Science cults, aspiring for more 
power, although the author unhappily agrees, there is a rapidly growing 
abuse of political influence as a protection to further the Christian Science 
propaganda. 

We must open a measure of self defense; there must be a thoughtful 
spirit injected into the cure. 

Through the glossary of Christian Science it is to be realized that 
Mary Eddy Baker was a teacher of witchery. Our Christian people are 
being persecuted by this religious treatment. It is a rank injustice, a 
reflection on the “Department of Justice.’’ The author can substanti¬ 
ate every charge she has made. It is an outrageous procedure 
of politics. A serious mistake has been made and our laws are 
being obstructed through fear of this political influence of the Christian 
Science vote. They are raising their voice and saying their word is law. 
This whole performance has been functioned practicality by the 
agents of this so-called religious association. We cannot but question that 
the cheap politician can be swayed by this political gang of grafters. Daily 
are we being thrown in contact with these walking spirits. Each execu¬ 
tive head of justice is responsible for the conduct of the whole condition. 
It is credited to the public administration and each idea that I have ad¬ 
vanced to these party leaders shall not be misunderstood by my public 
readers. We are facing the foe; the political machinery and system is 
clogged by this poisonous influence. 

Introducing 

Mrs. May B. Sanborn, Offices Schofield Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Phone Main 3854 for spiritual blessings and healings. 

I will now try to establish the identity of this prosperous healing med¬ 
ium who is so beautifully located in the Schofield Building, with a correct 
pose, a harmonious look, a sweet Christian Science smile, and richly 


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dressed in a dark blue silk, one piece dress for which the spirit girls have 
such a liking. 

I had managed a very early call in the morning to avoid the rush. I 
inquired of an officer at East 9th and Euclid avenue as to the correct ad¬ 
dress of the Schofield building. It seemed to have slipped my memory, 
I told the officer that I didn’t want to lose any time by being held up by 
the traffic on the avenue, as I was very anxious to meet this Christian 
Science spirit. He laughed and says, “I don’t get it.” I smiled and said 
to the officer, “In my review of my new book you may be in the roll call,” 
and he smiled again. As I was waiting for the elevator to carry me to the 
office of Mrs. Sanborn, I discovered that the door said, ‘ 1 Office hours, 10 to 
12 and 2 to 4.” “Through God love and principle,” I whispered to myself, 
“I shall now enter and meet the inspired disciple.” 

I was met with that same peculiar, sweet smile, “Good morning dearie, 
did you come for a treatment ? ” I lost my breath; it was the same old famil¬ 
iar song. As I gazed about the spacious reception room, I noticed a few 
stray patients waiting. I was paralyzed with emotion, such a quiet office, 
oh, so restful. I told her I wanted to make just an inquiry. While I was yet 
young in science, there seemed a doubt to me as to the sincerity of all the 
claims that the practitioners were dealing out. ‘ ‘ Oh dearie, when one is in 
science you have so many beautiful thoughts.” 

Can it be possible that one really has to be a Christian Scientist to 
live in peace, contentment and happiness ” 

She asked me if I had ever visited any of the Christian Science read¬ 
ing rooms. I told her a few days ago that I had visited the Christian 
Science reading room at 1900 Euclid avenue. I told her that I was delight¬ 
ed with the atmosphere of quiet, that one could almost hear a pin drop. 
I spoke of the beautiful surroundings, oriental rugs,, tapestry, dreamy 
lights, comfortable reclining chairs—a wonderful setting, a dream. How¬ 
ever, I discovered a few poor souls sitting in chairs and with that Christ-like 
thought of thy kingdom has come, and as I looked at each face there was 
such an earnest look of peace. The obliging lady at the information desk 
said to me, “Would you like to go into the library and read?” I 
thanked her very kindly, saying to her, “This morning I shall visit the 
reading room of the First Christ Scientist Church with offices in the 
Guardian building.” 

I then made my way into the elevator asking the elevator girl the way 
to the Christian Science reading room. She said, “You will have to 
get off at the twelfth floor.” As I entered the office I discovered that I 
was to be met with that same ‘ 4 Good morning, dearie. ’ * I found a show case 
full of Mary Baker Eddy’s books for sale. The Christian Science saleslady 


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was offering her wares at different prices. In this room of rest and quiet I 
noticed a number of well groomed men and women resting and visualizing 
and dreaming of their Mother God. I told Mrs. Sanborn that truly 
everything seemed to be wonderfully and gloriously arranged in Christian 
Science. This gray haired lady surely seemed inspired. “Have you been 
practicing very long,” I asked her. 

She said, “Yes, a number of years. In fact I have a wonderful office 
practice, then I make special calls for the claims that I have on the out¬ 
side.” 

“Then you heal disease such as cancer and tumor?” 

“Dearie, there is nothing impossible in Christian Science for all the 
claims of disease. I have made some wonderful demonstrations in the 
animal kingdom.” She told me of two very interesting cases that she 
had had. Someone’s horse had had a claim of sickness and she had 
beautifully demonstrated the truth of the divine mind of Mother God. 
While deciding that the cure of the horse, indeed, was some demonstration 
I thought surely that it was quite remarkable. The case must have had some 
merit, when it comes from such a representative healing lady. Well, I 
had no chance of ever hoping to consult with the horse, as I did not even 
get the location of the street address. 

She also spoke about another little friend of the animal kingdom. 
Someone’s little poodle dog. He must have had a claim too, as he was in 
need of Christian Science treatment. What a shame he could not under¬ 
stand the spirit mind of Mrs. Eddy’s disciple. I did not ask what she 
charged for the treatment of animals but decided perhaps the same fee 
which she charges the humans. 

As Mark Twain said, “Some of Mary Baker’s principle demonstra¬ 
tions were on animals, as she specialized in the treatment of any one’s 
dog. ’ ’ Oh, such profound ignorance! One must stand guard against the 
teachings of this master mind. I feel that now I have an absolute control 
of every faculty of my inner self. 

I inquired of the lady if she too gave absent treatments. This seemed 
to be one of her specialities. I said that I understood a 
man practitioner was recently arrested. I told her that I understood 
his name was Marriott. I asked if there was any truth in the story. She 
said, “Well, dearie, it was all error.” Then I said, “Why was it that he was 
convicted and sentenced ?” She said, “It was through the selfishness and 
greed of the doctors’ trust. But however, he is one of the dearest men 
and everything will work out harmoniously. ’ ’ 

I inquired, “Are you trying to establish a communication in Mother 
God’s universe ? ” I thought she was a movie star. Feeling that the lady was 


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a smooth spirit sending forth her devilish lies of the oriental master mind, 
to which she is passing on her powerful spiritual claim, she is col¬ 
lecting huge sums of money. This magnifying spirit is only a habit. 
Does not donger lurk in the mesmerizing of people? Through the 
haze of your dream I have presented your false claims. You have abused 
your experiments. The devil has played an unusual part- in your trans¬ 
formed mind. Who is laying down laws ? Don’t get excited. Who’s 
being cited for this contempt of suggestion. The author has a knowledge 
of all of your master mind. Shall I now sacrifice my life by making this 
adventure while I repeat the Lord’s prayer? As the good Lord willed; 
presently I arrayed myself with the evidence which I had, making 
it a reality. I found Mrs. Sanborn quite emotional. She too, was wearing 
glasses. Peering over the glasses, she imagined she was the perfect ideal 
child of Mrs. Eddy. Bewildered, I could not understand the version that 
all was in the mind. In my cast of the spirit boys and girls, a mixed 
variety, a grasping look at the spirits while advancing the question the 
quartet answers, All is within keeping of one’s Christ like mind. A mystery 
I discovered on the lady’s face, powder of some perfumed chemicals. I 
arrayed myself with a clean thought of understanding of God’s perfect 
child, clamouring for social equality, a spiritual blossom. A burden before 
me. It is the unexpected which happens. Directly across from where I 
was sitting there was another patient waiting. Such an anxious look! 
My appearance must have attracted the poor soul’s attention as she said, 
“Are you waiting for treatment ?” I could not resist the temptation as 
I smiled and replied, “I am just trying to understand Christian Science.” 
As my career was nearing the close nothing escaped my view. I won¬ 
dered, “Who’s paying the price? Who’s turning the trick of this miracle 
woman?” She was a courageous spirit—the ideal. 

A real artist, who’s to apologize for my unexpected call, is it my 
pleasure or is it her undoing ? Many thoughts were revolving in my 
mind, a real exchange, knowing that the madam was one of the buds, a 
princess of the hour, lovely and loveable, the glowing fascinations of that 
kindred child. It was a critic who discovered this false illusion of mind 
over matter. I am afraid a high premium is being placed on human life. 
Some one has flashed a surprise across. This is past history. In the very spot 
of Cleveland the Christian Science association is being exposed. 

Their souls are losing self control, for the wages of sin is death. 
Christian Science deadens the sensibility and temporarily erases one’s 
mind into sorrow. The hypnotic sleep reveals dreams. Thou shalt hot kill. 
Who said homicide? Is not this the essence of crime? The woman with¬ 
out a soul but, alas, you are a murderer in the eyes of God. Who’s the 


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duelist? Let us pause. What is the answer? The disciple and the captain of 
this illfaithed human massacre. The author’s closing and discovery sug¬ 
gests all is a mystery in Christian Science understanding. Who is the ac¬ 
tual owner and controller of this bogus association ? Who is the prey to 
this idol in which they have placed their trust ? Now the good Christian 
people shall whisper, Redeem the sinner, in the shadow I hear the tripping 
of footsteps, some spirit. The purchase price is the human death. As the 
lady author made a rapid flight from the office from which I felt that I had 
a narrow escape of being recognized, my identity would have played a lit¬ 
tle tragedy in my review. 

I always felt safe when I reached Euclid avenue, I knew that I soon 
would be lost in the throng of yesterday. In life’s tragedy, a real ro¬ 
mance in history is the playing of the leading role. The current of the 
stream is changing, the collision has appeared, the voyage is rough, 
there is no hope for reward. They are now walking slowly toward the 
other end of the stream. Who will gather in the trophies ? Suddenly 
a cloud burst is heard, some one is saying, “Who is God’s perfect child?” 
What’s happened, the end of a perfect day. Who is the paid tool of 
Christian Science, a reach and take, a marked religion and organ of the 
great human conspiracy. 

I am responsible for these vicious attacks upon the Cleveland Christian 
Science organization. The text of your faith is money. I now thanked the 
kind lady the master mind for all the information she has given me for my 
story. 

* * * 

Jack Sullivan. An old friend has slipped. 

A developed spiritual healer, he has now become hardened 
in the criminal purchasing power of human souls. He goes on record 
as one of the faithful pals, being trained in the very depths of hell. He 
has now reached his height in his professional understanding of his 
Mother God. He is ever ready to decoy the poor victims at the expense 
of human blood; he closes his eyes and repeats “souls for sale.” He 
is possessed of the evil spirit. He is confronted by the mystical thought 
of Christian Science. He has chosen his path into this strange and in¬ 
describable mental condition. He’s a decoyer of all womanhood. He is a 
male degenerate. He introduces himself as Mrs. Eddy’s perfect man. 
He has long ago joined the swindlers’ club, gathering in his riches and 
spoils in the one Christ like mind. He is an able bodied man. He does 
not believe in making his bread and butter by the sweat of his brow. 
He is a well groomed gentleman, offering up the false prayer of his Mother 


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God. He has no equal in mind over matter. He puts each patient 
under an hypnotic influence which is known only to Christian Science. He 
collects large fees, five dollars for his office calls. 

“How, Jack, can you afford to maintain such luxurious offices? I noticed 
you have your private telephone exchange. Surely you must be making 
big money, or you could not afford to keep repeating that you are Mother 
God’s Perfect Child. 

They tell me, Jack, that you, too, deal out this free love. You have an 
emotion of passion under the guidance of your leading star. It’s only a false 
illusion of your imagination; you do not realize your sense of moral obli¬ 
gation. Your personal influence appeals to the weak and suffering. 

Who is this woman of mystery? Did some one say her name was 
Betsy? She’s one of those parasites that is extracting the last dollar 
and the clothing from one’s dead body. Now Jack, I know what I am 
talking about; I have paid the price of human sacrifice, and with an audible 
voice I say, “Revenge is sweet.” 

This organized band does not even fear the Lord. One only has to 
witness these acts of mental torture. When one wakes from this long 
sleep and comes back to mother earth again, then do we realize that all 
is an illusion. Your friends say they cannot see sickness. They submit 
every exhibition of spiritual understanding to which one is held a prison¬ 
er, yielding the blessings and reflection of their Mother God. 

Jack, who are all these Pollyannas in Cleveland? You can see them on 
the street car, at any corner, you can feel them in the very atmosphere sur¬ 
rounding one. As you scan these faces you can see they have the spiritual 
look of that Christ like mind. I have noticed these fair damsels and flappers 
of this Christian Science religion, sizing up their subjects; they’re willing 
to take a chance if a good looking man appears. They begin to visualize. 
What’s the motive? Money! They tell you the future, the past and the 
present all in the twinkling of an eye. A gypsy maid falls for the men. 
Yield not to temptation, for yielding is sin. 

Well, Jack, I realize that you have met this Betsy before. I will wager 
that you realize she’s a queen, a healer in Christian Science. Don’t you 
have a queer feeling creeping over you as these fair damsels begin to 
demonstrate the truth? You only recover when you are told that you 
are the man of the hour. You cannot retrace your steps, Jack. You are 
under the hypnotic influence of this flapper practitioner. Slowly this 
sweet spirit girl repeats you are God’s perfect child. While you are 
only a man, I notice that strange look of longing and waiting for 
that something. You twitch with emotion, as the lady practitioner says, “It 
was love that sent you into my life. Just know the truth, it is love that sets 


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you free.” As she repeats, “I am only a little girl of Mother God,” she 
tells you, Jack, this dream long before forgotten, “Dearie, there is only 
one mind. ’ * 

Poor, Jack, I hear you repeating, “Every day in every way things are 
coming faster and faster.” Hark! Stop! Look! Listen! The girl with 
the dreamy eyes repeats softly “All is love.” Jack says, “Awful Betsy. 
It’s all so strange, why really you have hypnotized me. I cannot under¬ 
stand.” Be mindful child, as I repeat “love is reflected in love.” Jack 
says, “a faint heart never won a spirit girl.” Presently the gentleman 
recovers from his spell of hypnotism and the state of coma. The lady 
practitioner cries in a half stupor, “There is only one mind.” 

By this time Jack is seeing things at night; he’s just paralyzed. The 
Betsy still has faith in her newly made friend. It seems to be an old fam¬ 
iliar trick of the lady practitioner; her eyes sanction her feeling before 
him. Her impressive face with that Christian Science happy smile! She said, 
“You will not need to worry, dearie, our Mother God loved the spirit men.” 

Our love is not so sublime. Strange it may be, Jack now begins to 
read between the lines. He has discovered that Betsy is controlled by 
Mrs. Eddy’s spirit; she is not the essence of purity of womanhood, only a 
remote little creature. She is intensely longing for that something 
to which Jack might be induced. Who knows ? 

Betsy has become a woman of the street. She makes her money by 
duping these spirit men. It is only the time, the place and the man. Jack 
becomes nervous, just an attack of mortal mind and error. Who’ll sug¬ 
gest the cure? The flapper practitioner repeats “Thy kingdom has come.” 
Jack becomes anxious, a dreadful shock. He cannot realize he has put his 
trust in that something Christian Science. 

He repeats, “How soon shall I recover from this spell?” Betsy figures 
that her patient is resting comfortably. She now begins to realize she has a 
slim chance of cutting in on Jack’s time; she knows the ropes. She becomes 
a real trained street solicitor. Jack becomes impatient. He is told that 
Betsy has many men friends. Jack murmurs, “All is over.” He has fallen 
by the wayside, a victim of Christian Science influence. He now pictures the 
true life. Who has given the cue of mind over matter? 

A miracle of the divine love, Jack was being duped through the false 
spirit of Mother God. 

Jack now enters the Christian Science field and becomes a regular 
fellow. He studies Mother God’s books, and calls himself a man 
practitioner, a booster of the cause. Whose ism are you talking 
about? It all goes in the game. “Well, dearie, if you will just believe in 
me and Mrs. Eddy’s teachings you surely can’t go wrong.” Prosperity 


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everywhere. ’’ “ What I can’t understand, Jaek, is that all is in your mind. ’ 7 
‘‘But it is true, my little lady, it is our minds which control everything.” 

1 said, “I have thousands of things suggesting different things to me, 
and I fully realize it is all in my mind as you suggest. 

Don’t be shocked if I whisper, “Jack, is it the bunko gamer’ What’s 
that? It’s a game of chance. “But I know, my little lady, everybody’s 
doing it, why not I ?” 

I said, “Yes, dearie, but sometime, the judgment day will come, then, 
you, too, will have to journey to that great beyond. The bachelors’ belles 
are singing, “All is quiet on the Potomac.” 

He said, “What’s wrong with the Christian Science females ?” They 
are all so coquettish, even the healing damsel. Is love lasting? Who shall 
choose the little girl of Mother God? Who is being hooied and couied.” 

^“Well, Jack, my blood just curdles when I think of the sacrifice and suf¬ 
fering at the hands of Christian Science religion. I hear you say the mes¬ 
sage. Someone is visualizing in the future, just speculating. Can’t 
tell which way the compass is pointing. The princess of this story 
has cleverly designated the whys and wheres. When your soul mate leaves 
you, then you are confident that love is not reflected in love. Your amiable 
attitude of that suggestive mind of this self esteem in your newly made 
money mind. You seem to be a sort of a deceiver in the Christian Science 
virtues. Of course, I knew that you would be discovered. Your private life 
seems to have been a mystery, but then since you have entered the Christian 
Science association it is free love. Who is saying anything about moral 
surrender ? You just can’t get away from that evil practice of free 
love in your mother teachings. 

It’s a vicious passion, your understanding of that nothingness, your 
Mother God. Why yield to temptation through the superhuman instincts 
of animal magnetism ? Is your respect being swept away beyond all 
hope into this mollycoddle gang of criminals of this Christian Science 
influence, through that flattering appeal of the Christ like mind ? Jack, 
what is all this excitement about ? It takes a brave heart to discuss its 
infatuation and longing for that something, a devotion of self sacrifice, 
a remote seclusion of the blind understanding of Mother God’s child. 
Yielding is sin. Now, while the lady writer emphasizes the true facts to you, 
you are shielding and hiding from the world the actual conditions of 
this spiritual understanding. A soft voice says that it is the outrage of self 
sacrifice, gathering in the Christian Science spoils. But, listen! Jack, there 
will be a day of penitence. Then who shall apologize to the lady author? 
I have been frank in giving you my advice, I too have mingled with these 
illiterate spirits. Our faith is our virtue. I could see a look of aston- 


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ishment on his poor face, making an appearance of a self conscious mind. 
All sorts of things seem to suggest to try to crowd out the evil thoughts 
of the devil. Poor fool, can’t you yet see the light of that nothing, Christian 
Science t I clinched my hands, and with an outburst of strange ques¬ 
tions, I asked, “Do you ever get sick?” Then you tell me, “Only a claim.” 

Do you know that you are falsifying? It is a terrible responsibility 
that rests entirely with you and your spiritual friends, your idols. I 
am surprised at your fool confessions. Well, Jack, it takes a good many 
kind of people to make up this world of ours. Don’t you ever have a re¬ 
morseful conscience, any tokens of respect for your manhood ? But when you 
fall by the wayside it is indeed hard to get on the right road again. The 
devil plays his part too well. There is so much familiarity among the men 
and women practitioners. Each would make a real snake charmer, a 
temptation of the devil. You can’t divide them into classes as, “Birds of a 
feather flock together.” Who spoke about damaged goods? Whose mis¬ 
tress is Sadie? Why, she is the flourishing Christian Science practitioner 
down town on Euclid avenue. I have been frank in telling you what 
my ideas were and the opinion I formed. They’re just hardened in 
sin, every one of them. Even the angels in heaven would criticise the 
same old girl, with the same Mother God smile. 

Yes, Jack, I know you are a man of the world, you have played the 
races. Who’s your director ? The flapper Christian Science practitioner 
can’t help but feel sorry, for his mind has become deranged with so much 
poison. Yes, gossip of this sort surely. interests our Cleveland folks. 
Science has become a real public show, so cunningly are they tucked 
away in the hidden scandals of their religion. Sort of a dry humor. 
There is another little healing office just across the street, the sign reads: 
“Healed while you wait, office hours respectfully.” It’s another mind 
cure parlor, an illusion, but they are making money. They tell you that 
is their business, that no one can afford to resist this wonderful healing 
opportunity in Cleveland. 

Jack, there seems to be somewhat of a sense of shock creeping over 
me as I listen. I h'ear that same familiar voice saying, “Good morning, 
dearie, did you come for a healing ?” Surely that’s a faith cure place 
again. They are selling it. They are being protected by all of Mrs. 
Eddy’s trademarks. Jack, I wonder who some of the local distributors 
are, here in Cleveland, handing out this Christian Science stuff? Well, 
that’s easy if any one has the price to buy Mrs. Eddy’s books, why you 
can soon enter this enterprise. He says the doctors say we are sort of 
competitors. Sounds queer but I guess we are, it’s an even exchange. 
“What do you really mean ?” the lady author inquired. “I have been 


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hearing so much lately from the practitioners about a doctors’ trust.” 
“Well, it is this way, they all want to make money. Well, then, you sell 
your religion, do you not? Or is it your personality? You seem so self 
centered. I discover you have the ambition to rob human life. Would you 
mind giving me the formula of your Mother God’s teaching of this free 
and easy life? Someone is listening. Really, what is the real estimate of 
your yearly income ? They tell me that there are large profits in this 
wonderful demonstration of mind over matter.” 

“Well, you know, my lady, it is cash that talks. All I can say is, it is a 
wonderful proposition. In some business they clamp the lid down hard, 
but under the guise of religion we can’t get in bad. We keep within the 
rights of our religious belief, then we have wonderful political influence 
and protection. All in all, we are quite safe.” “Won’t you tell me, Jack, 
I am only making a modest income and feel very deeply interested in 
your proposition, as you look so prosperous. Then, as you say, a person is 
worthy of his hire. Let’s see how you would figure this out. Did Jesus 
make a fee for his healings?” “Well, guess in this twentieth century 
we all have to make a living.” “Yes, I can see how you feel about it. But 
then I am a little afraid to take a chance in mixing up with law. Right now it 
makes me very uncomfortable. It must be my subconscious mind that is 
trying to stand in my way. But, Jack, does your Christian Science com¬ 
pany have a good lawyer”? “We feel there is no better in criminal un¬ 
derstanding of the truth, than our attorney, who represents our asso¬ 
ciation, Francis B. Kavanagh.” “Can one make him the recipient of con¬ 
fidence ? It does seem that I have heard of this gentleman before, and 
his activities connected here in the courts. Hasn’t he been trying a num¬ 
ber of Christian Science cases. I know this is the very same man, he is 
a creature of metaphysical understanding. There seems to be something 
lacking in his intuition with regard to his mind. He has such a strange 
psychic power. Guess he estimates his value of mind over matter, he’s a 
real fellow. I notice that the Honorable Mr. Kavanagh has such wander¬ 
ings of his mind. No doubt as to his being the bloom of yesterday. I want 
to inquire about his reputation. What about his truth and veracity ? Someone 
told me he bases his spiritual knowledge on his Mother God’s shrewd 
faculty of extorting the dollar. While I notice that he is a real monarch, 
he has such an unpleasant nature. Of course, perhaps that is due to his 
surroundings and the environments of his spirit friends. Now, Mr. 
Kavanagh, you have met the lady author before. I don’t want to bargain 
for your friendship, there is too much deception in your manhood. It is 
easily discovered however, that you are a man of the world, a gentleman with 
an unusual change of your religious views. In fact, you were a Catholic. 


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Then you changed your religion and became a Christian Scientist, and for 
your last wife, you married a Jewish woman. Pray tell me Mr. Kavanagh, 
just what are you, a Catholic, a Jew or a Christian Scientist ? 

I don’t need to ask you, “Who has the money?” Of course, you would 
say the Christian Science Association. 

Jack has joined the mollycoddle gang; he became quite famous among 
the flappers, all fall for his obliging spirit. Well, guess he’s a real movie 
fan. These divine healers are gay birds as Mayor Kohler of Cleveland 
says. They are the real world champion lovers outside of Solomon. 
Whilst I introduce Brigham Young, these naughty, silly Christian Science 
practitioners, the leading belles, fall for Jack’s hypnotic powers. Now 
that someone scoots for safety first, the women flappers are so susceptible 
to the wooings and influences of their friends. They have fallen under 
his spell. Soon they forget home and husband. It is something scandalous. 

Why, Jack, only just yesterday, I heard that one of your spirit flapper 
belles is being sued by Mrs. Brown, for the alienation of her husband’s 
affections. The lady practitioner is frank in admitting that she’s the 
girl who broke the home and wrecked the whole system. Makes no differ¬ 
ence, if you are married or single. Truth wins in the Mother God’s teach¬ 
ing. A friend told me that you are winning souls. Jack says, “Well, 
my" lady, they are all very beautiful indeed. ’ ’ It must be that you are a 
regular Jekyll and Hyde. 

Someone told me that you were like the Jew. You had several side 
issues outside of your healing office. By this time you quite feel that 
you are one of the main spokes in the Christian Science machinery. I’m 
sorry since you have joined the Christian Science Organization, that you 
have become so changed, in fact, have such extravagant ideas. Jack’s eyes 
brightened when he too thought that he was Mother God’s perfect child. 
The devil has a special hold on the divine Jack. In his former social 
days, he seemed to be one of the leading lights. Now, since he has joined 
his new Cleveland Christian Science Foundation, he has been marked and 
painted with that anti-Christ spirit. “Keep silent, do you not know, my 
lady, all of the Christian Science organizations are incorporated ? Our 
Mother God was the sole owner of the world’s Christian Science.” “Are 
you hoping that some day you will become one of Mother God’s angels, 
for your success and your fame. If you make good in this healing stuff, 
bluffing the poor people, you are some actor. It’s an awful doctrine. 
Why, now, Jack, I used to think a great deal of you, but I can’t tolerate 
your ism any longer. While I realize that you are intensely human, 
your alluring emotions seem so uncanny to me; you are just a creature of 
circumstances. However, it is the unexpected that happens. Be reason- 


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able, Jack, and take your medicine. Your error of mortal mind is doomed, 
the master minds of the faith cults are at last being exposed to the world. 
What’s the ending? In my picture, I have placed the hypocrite before 
the mirror of these free love hunters. 

Jack says that you make no mistake, that it is purely a simple road 
to happiness, to wealth and to health. The house of plenty is promised by 
faithful watchers through Mother God and her principle. The watch¬ 
word is money. The devil is behind the bars. Where Jack, is there any 
refinement in teaching Mrs. Eddy? With my wide acquaintance amongst 
the spirit boys and girls, I have found many pinched-faced looking spirits. 
I have really met the higher ups in the spiritual understanding. A strange 
voice whispers, “Class instruction.” “Jack’ did you hear about Sally?” 
Poor child, who is still full of hope and happiness, she was led into the evil 
doings of Christian Science, she was told of the opportunities that await¬ 
ed her in Cleveland, Ohio. She was indeed a very unpretentious little 
creature, had never been inrtoduced into the wrong doings of the world 
before. She was persuaded to become a Christian Science practitioner. 
Someone introduced her to Professor Ely of the Osborn building, 
Cleveland, Ohio. He runs the school of mental understanding. He seems 
to be the lucky boy indeed. A very pathetic story is told to the author. 
This little girl, almost penniless, landed in Cleveland. She had a longing 
for the bright lights, and with the help and understanding of Mr. Ely, 
she soon would be able to make lots of money. 

Mr. Ely displayed in the young woman an intense interest. He 
whispered to Sally, “You, too, are Mother God’s perfect little girl. There 
will be no difficulty in making both ends meet.” Sally’s eyes became very 
dim; everything was curious. She could not make herself believe that in 
the beautiful city of Cleveland she soon would rise from poverty 
to prosperity through that Christ like mind. The professor said, “Cleve¬ 
land has a lot of Christian Science healers, but why worry? We consider 
Cleveland one of the best fields for all cultisms. Monsieur Coue made 
money while he was in Cleveland.” Who cries, “A relic of yesterday? 
Whose life is being crucified? Poor Sally, like the little bird with the 
broken wing, who sold her virtue into the understanding of Christian 
Science free love! Who has been the spy in following the little 
girl? What is the tempation of pride, oh! pray? The drop curtain 
saves the scandal. “Poor souls,” says Jack, “we are her guides, we are inter¬ 
ested in this little spirit friend, she can place her trust in the operators 
of metaphysical powers.” But how is Sally to raise this one hundred 
dollars for Mr. Ely? Who will give up the information of Mother God’s 
secret ? But while Jack supplies the truth Sally has found a place of rest. 


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She hears that Jesus said “Seek ye first the kingdom of God.” Oh! pray 
the author take pity upon poor little Sally who trusted in Mother God. 
A strange feeling of sorrow was flitting through her brain. I said, 
“Sally, all is not gold that glitters,” a sad experience into the trusted as¬ 
sociation of Christian Science of that Christ like mind. She dreamed 
of the happy days which would enable the little maid to be assured of 
the future in the healing field as was pictured so beautifully by the apostle. 
God was her protector and not the Mother God spirit. And may the 
blessings forever rest within the heart of Sally. There are to be no absent 
treatments. This gentleman, a faker, the aspiring hero, has shammed his 
make believe. The wires were cut. The even exchange of mind power plus. 
Leaping out of the darkness into the light, little Sally was gloriiously saved 
from the pangs of hell by the thought that Jesus would help her. A great 
struggle, a battle delivering herself from the sin of that strange mania. 
She spoke of meeting another man by the name of Stuart Johnson. He’s 
another one of these pals of mystery. She hears his sweet voice singing 
“All is in the mind and the understanding of Mother God.” This precious 
holy ghost Stuart has commonly understood that he is loaning and aiding 
to the poor unfortunate girls. Before him he holds the mirror playing 
in the devil’s den. Some of his spirit aids have absorbed the remains of 
God’s perfect child. This half crazed maniac with a bewildering mind 
is mad in the spiritual understanding of Mrs. Eddy. Stuart catches 
a glimpse of Sally, just like coming back again. We want you young lady 
to follow us, we mean no harm in Mother God. You shall be forever 
safe. Often does Sally remember her childhood days and of the happy 
thought mangling in the field of hope. As she repeats that she is a 
child of Mother God, a cup of sorrow, she has fallen for the teachings of 
Christian Science. 

* * * 


Where is justice and what is the purchasing price and who has it for 
sale ? Who is the go-between of this self styled religious organization ? 
There seems to be a widespread tendency to destroy (through politics) 
Christianity. There is a comparative spirit of graft, a most unfortunate 
condition. This is a demand of power and supremacy by schemes and 
counter schemes to which they have tucked themselves so secretly away 
in politics. They lobby for graft, and we cannot be swayed by this popular 
craze. 

To trap justice, back to the constitutions of the United States, which is 
the key note that forms our freedom. Now, as the author seeks to bring about 
through public opinion the schemes of this Christian Science Association, 


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it is a huge tragedy: we have no time to lose. We must warn against the 
wholsale massacre of humanity. Dr. Mayo says, “Any cult or method 
used for treatment whose principle cannot be applied to the care of plant 
life and domestic animals, is false if applied to human beings, and that 
a preventative medicine is the important thing and not these fake and 
quack cults.’’ 

Our nation is vitally interested as well as the State of Ohio, in the des¬ 
truction of human life. Things took a very sudden change at the last 
session of legislature. The Christian Science political powers were seek¬ 
ing to capitalize their healing powers, so they proposed a bill giving them 
the right the same as our physicians to charge a fee, and their bill was 
defeated. There is a pressing need for legislation, not only in the State 
of Ohio, but in every other state of the Union, against Christian Science 
healing. 

We realize that these healing cults are gaining a tremendous strength. 
Let the State of Ohio be the first to set the example. Safeguard our 
Christian people. The author will now cite a few experiences which she 
has witnessed through sufferings being brought about by Christian Science. 

A poor woman, Mrs. Hull whom I met in the Ulmer building, Cleveland, 
Ohio, who is associated with her husband in a law firm, wears a white mask 
to $over her face, and her features are being distorted with cancer, and she 
still clings to this terrible treatment of Christian Science. A woman 
practitioner has been treating her as I understand, for a long time for her 
claim and collecting vast sums of money from this poor sufferer. This 
was not a mental picture but a true story of life. My very heart went out 
to this poor soul. I will now cite another case, a woman by . the name of 
Mrs. York, who died recently in childbirth. No doctor was called in; in fact 
she hadn’t had one for several months. The fatal hour had come. A man 
practitioner by the name of Louis Marks, a Jewish gentleman, administered 
to her the Christian Science mental understanding of God’s perfect 
child. The poor soul died and left three small children. The neighbors 
told me she died in torture, and her body was carried out in the wee hours 
of the night by an undertaker R. S. Bennett of 1940 East 90th street, 
who specializes in Christian Science bodies. Her funeral services were 
held in his chapel and the practitioner administered the last rites. 

Another victim, by the name of Mrs. Morgan, of Cleveland, Ohio, died 
a terrible and tragic death at the hands of the said Arthur W. Marriott, 
who murdered the author’s sister. The brother-in-law of Mrs. Morgan 
told me that her poor body just decayed. She was suffering from a tumor 
which he told her was only a claim. 

Another poor victim, a little Boy Scout who has recently died under 


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Christian Science treatment. His parents refused him medical aid and 
he too, died a terrible death. 

Yet another poor little soul, a boy by the name of Long, who was 
only fifteen years old, died under Christian Science treatment. After 
his death, he was taken to the undertaking parlors of Beilstein and 
Young, on Crawford road, Cleveland, Ohio. The funeral services were 
also held in the undertaker’s chapel. A number of witnesses told me, as 
well as the undertaker, that while the age of the little boy was given as 
fifteen years old, he looked to be a man of fifty years of age. His poor 
distorted little body and face showed signs of a terrible torture and death. 

Another poor soul’s life has ebbed away. Mrs. West who worked in 
an insurance office in the Guardian building, Cleveland, Ohio, was taken 
suddenly ill with diphtheria and at the eleventh hour they called in a 
doctor. The physician said. ‘ ‘ The hour is too late. ’ ’ She too, was being treat¬ 
ed by Christian Science. 

Another poor young woman who worked for'a well known lawyer, At¬ 
torney Willet in Cleveland, gave her life in Christian Science. The attorney 
told me that the young woman became ill and he went out to her home. He 
asked to see the young lady and the mother said, “She is ill, but only a 
claim. ’ ’ He insisted on going in to see the patient and as soon as he looked 
at the poor young woman, he found her burning up with a high temperature 
with red blotches all over her face. These symptoms marked the case as 
typhoid fever. He told the mother the daughter’s fate. He called a doctor, 
while the mother contended it was only a claim, and the doctor said, “We 
are too late, the verdict is death. ’ ’ In less than two hours after the doctor 
left the young woman lapsed into unconsciousness, a victim of Christian 
Science. 

A woman by the name of Mrs. Taylor of Cleveland, also has passed 
away under the false teaching of Christian Science. No doctor was call¬ 
ed and she suffered a thousand deaths by this woman practitioner to 
whom she paid money for treatments. 

Another poor little boy of Euclid Beach, Cleveland, and only ten 
years old, suffered an injury to his hand which was almost severed. No 
medical attention was given him and the poor little fellow’s hand rotted 
off. This child is a living sacrifice to the Christian Science belief. 

Another victim succumbs to the deadly germ of Christian Science, 
Mrs. Hall had what is known to the medical profession as scarlet fever. 
She was treated by a man practitioner who gave her absent treatments. 
She too passed to the ‘ * Great Beyond. ’ ’ 

Another poor little girl by the name of Ruth Hyatt of Cleveland, Ohio, 
is a living example. She was just branching into young womanhood. 


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She took a severe cold and her people believed in Christian Science. They 
would not call a doctor; they secured the services of a woman practitioner 
and I was told by a friend of hers by the name of Griffin who has a studio 
on Detroit avenue, that the poor little girl had closed her eyes to the beau¬ 
tiful world, stone blind. 

Another poor little boy by the name of Thomas, who lives in the 
suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, was taken seriously ill with appendicitis. The 
little boy kept screaming with pain and the mother said, “ Sonny, you have 
no pain, it is only mortal error.’’ The practitioner would read to him of 
God’s perfect child. No doctor was called and the poor little fellow died 
in spasms of an erupted appendix. 

Now, my Christian readers, what is your answer to this poor suffering 
humanity ? They are being crucified, yes, hourly, in this false belief of 
Christian Science. May I ask who will now mete out the torture to these 
criminal brutes? 

On election night the author was called to the county morgue to view 
the body of a man whose poor lifeless form lay upon a slab. My friends, 
I shall never forget the terrible look of torture I saw on his poor face. 
Bear with me while I try to describe the condition of this poor victim. 
A man of apparently forty years of age, he had died in the Adam’s Hotel 
of Cleveland, Ohio, entirely among strangers. He was taken to the county 
morgue; he laid among the unclaimed. The officials of the county morgue 
called a number of the Christian Scientists and asked them for help in 
locating the identity of this poor Christian Science body. There was not 
even a reply to the begging of the officials of the county morgue. A few 
days later the officers found in his clothing a little book entitled Science 
and Health, key to Mrs. Eddy’s scriptures. With this they located his 
identity, as his name was written inside of the book. On this identifica¬ 
tion, the Cleveland Police Department wired to Jackson, Michigan for fur¬ 
ther information. The police department of Jackson, wired back 
to the officials, telling them to ship the body on in the baggage coach ahead. 

As the author again gazed upon the lifeless form, the officer told me 
to notice closely the condition of his body. As the white sheet was slowly 
lifted, I noticed the horrible torture of his mutilated body. He was so 
swollen that the bloating extended far up into his breast, a horrible sight. 
He did not look like a human being. The officers told me that when they 
were embalming his body, they extracted from his bowels pails of food. The 
poor fellow died without a dollar. He had spent his last sum for the prac¬ 
tice of Christian Science. He lay silently in death in Cleveland, in 
the midst of this great Christian Science Association. A disgrace to our 
beautiful city of Cleveland was this label of human massacre. I again 


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call attention that to correct this present evil, something must be done. There 
must he no sidestepping or a hit or miss in the curing of this evil system. 
Any man who stands for social integrity and justice and then shirks his 
obligations and responsibilities is one of the worst, low down curs. Now 
let this high ideal of manhood step forth and say justice shall be done. 
Turn the trick, my religious friends and let each individual help in 
putting across this wonderful issue against the slaughter of human beings. 
Rebel against this very essence of cruelty, it is reasonable to- assume that 
now Christian Science must be made to pay the price. Who will be the 
leader ? The struggle must be waged. Who is the emperor of this great 
Mother God’s universe ? In Mother God’s message to the world she ex¬ 
presses free love, injecting into their very souls, immorality. These won¬ 
dering minds destroy the good name. They place their teachings in the 
reach of all as a free religion. The first reader of this official organ is 
a man by the name of Stuart Johnson, a waxed statue hitting the high 
mark. He is the governor that this lame flock follow. Like a prisoner 
in chains or some lunatic, he is the man of Mother God, the imperial wizard. 
The author really feels a bit sorry for this poor weak-looking man, a 
shocking appearance as this hypocrite repeats the version of their Mother 
God, Mrs. Eddy. It is a disgrace to human intelligence to listen to the 
blank personality of Stuart Johnson, with that wearied and silly smile. 
Like a storm break suddenly he whispers that he is Mother God’s per¬ 
fect man. No standards of moral obligations ? Gather in your reinforce¬ 
ments Stuart, you may yet need your reserve, you must accept the in¬ 
evitable. I hear a buzzing noise, the early disciples of Jesus preaching 
the gospel of repentence. Apologize to your God, not Mrs. Eddy. The 
words of Christ come first. 

The author cannot be too sharp and satyrical in exposing these 
emotional creatures. Each spirit boy and girl is embued with that self 
fascination of buying souls. 

The author holds in her possession the little book entitled Science and 
Health, the key to Mrs. Eddy’s scriptures with the name Jospeh Smith, 
Jackson, Michigan, the poor man whose body was taken in the baggage 
coach ahead. I hold and treasure this evidence to be used in my lecture 
tour and my addresses to the public in denouncing forever the spirit boys 
and girls of that nothing Christian Science. 

* * * 


The law of unity and harmony furnishes the foundation for my story, 
I shall not shift my course and in my words I shall give no more nor less 
than is necessary to clearly express the meaning there within. I am 


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the authority and feel and realize that I am responsible for these at¬ 
tacks I have made upon Cleveland's Christian Science Foundation. 

Nor do I bar any other state from criticism. They are hand in hand with 
the workings of the devil. I am heartily in sympathy with friends who have 
suffered at the hands of these criminal brutes. My forceful speech in the 
presence of thousands of my hearers cannot be censored. Therefore I have 
massed my evidence and offer it to the world. Is someone absorbing the 
truth in the glimpse of life ? I could not think of approaching my kind 
admirers with any false and fancied illusion of God’s perfect child. Hark! 
if one could meet these spirits I am frank in expressing my opinion of 
human sacrifice. Who’s the originator ? Mary Baker Eddy. As I thank 
my dear listeners may I feel at ease. Who is prepared to answer the 
writer ? Who will mete out justice ? 

A murmur, “Nothing is impossible with God.” Nevertheless it is a real 
thrill of the Christian Science ego, a great dash of spiritual claim, im¬ 
pressive confidence they have in their future power. Spirits move con¬ 
stantly beside me. I may be tyrannical sometimes, at least, one whispers 
it is she who knows the truth, in my review. 

With great solemnity I opened the pages of my newly written book. 
It took courage to unlock the door to truth. Paul the apostle to the Gen¬ 
tiles was the great Plato to Christian faith. My book cannot be taken 
other than as a God-send to save the suffering humanity. My story is 
engrossing and appreciative of the light it throws out, and the sense of 
my drama is especially staged here in my own home town Cleveland, Ohio. 

It is laid amid a crowd of criminal swindlers, framed and smothered 
amid false illusions of God’s perfect child. While each of my subjects 
can easily be identified as Cleveland’s healing apostles of metaphysical 
power. 

The cowards retort back in that same dictatorial voice, “You’re a 
liar.” I have a superior knowledge of the tortures and pangs of sor¬ 
row through Christian Science, with its hateful vindictive temper. They 
have not as yet learned the lesson of charity. The story has not be*u told 
I cannot be misunderstood. I have all to gain and nothing to lose. Who 
would dare to brave the storm of ridicule ? My book has found its place 
in the picture of human life. The Christian Scientists may try to pre¬ 
judice my listeners to many of the actual facts. To support my claims I 
have resolved to pin my loyalty in the realm of my speech of the spirit 
boys and girls of that nothing Christian Science. They are the real flim- 
flammers of society. I can candidly say I confess the truth. 

As one falls asleep, a multitude of facts are presented, grouping 
their way under the principle which justifies every statement that I 


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have made, the facts that breathe. It’s a kind of a wild justice which, 
the more man’s nature runs to, the more ought the law to weed it out. 
A great English divine has said, ‘ ‘ Hath God a name to swear by, Hath God 
a name to curse by, Hath God a name to blaspheme by.” In this vast 
knowledge of deciding the crime, more than all, we must be prayed for at all 
times. Know thyself. Solomon observed that pride goes before destruction. 
God made all things. Mother God’s Christian Science teaches that she 
was the spirit of God. Who spoke about tolerance? Therefore there is a 
heart sting in each sentence of my review. I know that roses are waiting 
for me as I sound the bugle call. The battle is waging in Cleveland. My 
courage is unshaken. I hear a familiar voice, John E. Palmer is singing, 
“Honor Bright. I just can’t resist the temptation of trying to set a 
trap for the lady author. She has exposed me to the world, while I trust¬ 
ed in my Mother God, the divine Mary. I am leaving everything that 
was dear and sacred to me in Christian Science to the gang behind the scene. 
The bitter end was near. I have faced the humiliation of being the 
Mother God’s perfect child, a man. Oh boy! it’s ridiculous,” Francis 
Kavanagh was caught in the same net. Who’s cards are spades? It was our 
fate to be. Who will know what the cost has been in the cast for character? 
A pure comedy in a tragedy of life. It’s worse than that; a worthy notion 
of spiritual understanding. John tried to apologize before a whole elevator 
loaded with anxious souls. As the author enters the elevator in the 
Discount building, Cleveland, Ohio, who greeted her but our old friend 
John E. Palmer. As the starter signaled the express to start, to my sur¬ 
prise, a familiar voice rings out, “Good morning Miss Nora-Gon.” Dis¬ 
gusted, impatient, I turned and said, “Please don’t speak to me again.” 
As the occupants of the car looked shocked at the cold reception, John 
shouted back “I have left that dirty bunch.” “What!” I said, “The 
Christian Science criminals?—not a word.” I said to him again, “Please 
don’t speak to me. ’ ’ He made another attempt to speak to me as I reached 
the fifteenth floor, I told the boy to please stop at fifteen; I knew I had 
sent home a drastic blow. 

I was waiting for the opportunity to be presented. I felt that I 
was everlastingly being hounded and I too was resentful in my mind. The 
spirits were swarming so thick around me; each morning something new 
happened. The past seemed to belong to the yesterday of my review. 

As I lingered by the wayside, I realized that the storm would soon be 
over. Was it my fate as I thought, of the spirit boys and girls, that destiny 
awaits them just round the corner? And as I took my last farewell tour I 
wondered, “Brother John, are you a Christian?” There’s another friend 
just as solicitous. Look who’s here, Judge Selzer, with solemn eyes and still 


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insisting on serving the Mother God. My readers, don’t look bewildered 
It may sound like a funny story of how he fell for the teachings of Mary 
Baker Eddy. The ideal, the brilliant judge saying that he was Mother 
God’s perfect child! Just then a question arose in my mind. All looks 
plausible. It was political aspirations rising high: red tape surrounds 
our friend; he seemed very expedient in his views. X could not help but 
feel somewhat interested in his ideas. I kept my eyes firmly fixed on the 
honorable gentleman. I wondered had he been infected with the Christian 
Science germ. “Young woman, the doctors give too much medicine.” I was 
shocked. It was a crushing blow to our world renowned surgeons and phy¬ 
sicians. I smiled and said, “Judge, the doctors were the first on earth. 
When the Christian Scientists die will they go to heaven ? ’ ’ Softly, a voice 
answers me and says, “Thy kingdom has come.” I realize that our dis¬ 
tinguished friend was laboring under a false illusion. I said to him, “It 
is a great principle • which constitutes the basis of our Chritian land. 
Religion was understood since the world existed, and these new isms ad¬ 
vanced were out of memory. Our Christian union triumphed the hour over 
all other personal beliefs.” 

My spirit friend, Georgia McCutchen, says that if any Christian 
Science practitioners are arrested, the Honorable Judge Charles Selzer 
will fix any case in advance. He says he owes his election to our dear 
Christian Science Organization. His election was a wonderful demonstra¬ 
tion of the truth of our Mother God. Says the author, “Yes, indeed, I well 
remember the judge. A few years ago he was only a bailiff. Truly 
he has been very fortunate and prosperous in his Christian Science re¬ 
ligious association. 

Perfectly marvelous,” answered the author. 

Many anxious hours have I spent in the old dingy police station, watch¬ 
ing the poor unfortunates being ushered in by the police officer. His name 
is called and Lee Skeel metes out judgment. These poor unfortunates were 
not Christian Science friends of Judge Selzer. What is the author talking 
about ? Just this moment there creeps into my mind another unjust case 
which has aroused much curiosity. A poor man by the name of John 
Garmoni, 70 years old, residence 2221 East 79th street, died in the Huron 
Road Hospital, after being struck by the automobile of F. E. Skeel, 
residence, 11542 Hopkins avenue, a father of Police Prosecutor Lee Skeel. 
Someone cries out “Exonerated, chief,” Who is again shouting, “Hands 
off policy? Only a common trait of political influence. Someone is seeking 
special favors. What is the shadow of doubt?” Moses Cleveland whispers, 
4 ‘Right the wrong, send a thrill at the mastery of this Cleveland Christian 
Science Political Foundation.” At the eleventh hour a real safety lock 


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must be turned on to indicate that the house of worship is closed and their 
open doors locked. 

Personal opinion reserved, while I asked the Honorable Prosecutor 




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seeking to uphold th§'manual prepare* 
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of government of the First Church of 
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statures than in force. In 1903. at Mrs. 
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Lee E. Skeel 


Judge of tjie Municipal Court 

City of Cleveland 

(Four Year Term) 

Election Nov. 6, 1923 


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Who’s the poor, abiding, honorable, political official? “Listen,” the 
writer says, ‘ ‘ I have had some experience among the politicians; we cannot 
throw safety aside and open our doors to danger.” 

It’s the awful truth that hurts, the foremost challenge. The new bom 
author has not abused her story nor her constitutional right. So deeply 
incensed, who is responsible for the public outcry which has led the author 
on to a keen and deep interest? Who are the generals anyhow? This 
anti-Christian Association is founded wholly upon a commercial basis. 
I may step far beyond the bounds of public opinion in discussing at large 
who stole this self-styled religion. 

We should all be concerned in the evils of this modern world, by legal 
program if necessary. This Christian Science tolerance was due to the 
latent fear of politics. They cannot any longer reign; they must disband, 
and shed their masks. If they insist and presist on their anti-organization, 
the difference could be and might be settled by bullets; human sacrifice 
must cease. 

The trap circle of mind over matter, the dollar bill, the price you pay, 
a catchy Christian Science smile, a happy look and by the time the Mother 
God speaks you shall be my prophets; my spirits are all registering in full 
line. Someone has accomplished the Christ like mind. Back in my pages 
the poor little Sally began to read the Mother God teachings, it’s a fierce 
combine of spirits. Now featuring the caste is Betsy Taylor, Cleveland 
Christian Scientist practitioner. The little widow of yesterday has taken 
a course in Mother God’s training. A registered practitioner in the Os¬ 
born Building, Cleveland, Ohio. A spirit of understanding! I have been 
told she would not turn away a poor dog on the street, she says he too 
is Mother God’s perfect little dog. What’s the joke? “It’s a real issue; 
she’s a pal of Dr. Arthur Marriott. She’s his soul mate. He controls her 
mind. These are the side lights of a realistic picture of this man. ‘ ‘ Nothing 
is lacking,” she says, “know the truth, that is what sets you free.” What 
has happened to you Betsy? You have fooled the Cleveland people long 
enough. In the shadow of a blind bargain, what’s the ending? Your 
spirit boys and girls won’t come back. The fall of the curtain is near, 
I know you need the money but the Lord will wreak vengeance on your 
soul. Who is your comforter, your Mother God ? Salem Hart Jr. is 
hitting the trail. I called on a dreadfully sick woman; I asked her who 
her doctor was. She sweetly smiled and said “Salem Hart Jr.” A real 
favor. “How many treatments have you had?” “He has given me today 
two absent treatments.” 

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“I called him up over the phone. He said that I would be better of 
my claim.’’ 

I have heard of this man before. Why! he is the watch charm as well as 
the lady charmer. The author studied to be a trained nurse and could 
see that the poor sick soul was burning up with a high temperature. I 
asked her how long she had been ill and she said that her claim of sickness 
had been on her through error for three days. What’s wrong Salem Jr.? 
Can’t you reduce the fever. I became alarmed; I called the city health de¬ 
partment. They dispatched a doctor to the Slaymaker apartments at 1859 
East 97th street, Cleveland, Ohio. The poor suffering woman was only 
a roomer at the Slaymaker home. I asked her name and she said her 
name was Mrs. Loomis. I asked her where she was employed and she said 
at the Union Trust Company. 

I became interested in the poor sick woman. She said that the president 
of the bank, Mr. Nutt, was one of the Christian Science leaders. She alsa 
told me that each bank employee had to be examined by a medical doctor 
for insurance, which she told me was known as group insurance. I asked 
her if she was required to take a medical examination. She said, “No, all 
those who were Christian Scientists were excluded by the president, Mr. 
Nutt, while all other employees had to take a thorough medical examina¬ 
tion.” 

However, I discovered the ideal principle and spirit of this man. The 
president, Mr. Nutt, was Mrs. Eddy’s perfect child. It was a very strange 
coincident to me. I did not understand the terms by which the insurance 
company issued policies. It seems that this trust company spokesman 
staged a very peculiar act. There seems to be a real true value and a 
purchasing power of the premium of this Union Trust Company’s head. 
It’s an old story. Obey the master. My published issue of social prestige 
is not obvious to believe. Are the people looking back into the dark ages ? 
Are we growing weaker and weaker? Who’s the'producer, the thief or the 
man of money ? 

As I take another tour leisurely, what’s the answer ? The devil has 
awakened. I walked across Euclid ave., I gazed up at the tall C. A. C. 
building and noticed on the building in gold letters: Madame Fitzpatrick, 
Lulu Webster, Mary Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Nebhut, Francis and Frederick, 
Edna Mann Reeves, Mrs. Mae B. Worden, Miss Anna Brooks. Prosperity 
loomed before me, everywhere, through the vanished spirit of Mother God. 
As I turned down the street to continue my review I asked another oblig¬ 
ing police officer at East 9th street and Euclid avenue, “Where’s the Rose 
Building?” “Just around the corner, lady.” 

“I am making a tour of all the isms.” “What’s that!” exclaimed the 


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officer. The author smiled and said. “It’s something similar to Monsieur 
Coue.” The officer with a quick glance, and a smile on his face said, 
“Lady, what’s the .joke?” “Why sir, I understand they heal the sick 
while they wait, the blind see and the lame walk. Even, they treat the 
dogs and horses as well as human beings.” “A most wonderful method, 
you must be mistaken lady,” the officer said. “No, no, I never heard of 
such miracles in Cleveland.” “I hear they are all doing a wonderful 
business Someone told me that Mae Sanborn in the Schofield Building 
has just declared and declared the truth, until now she owns a real car, a 
real Hupmobile.” 

I looked at the officer and said, “Don’t you think that sounds like 
prosperity?” He said, “Well, that is not turning this traffic signal.” I 
asked the officer if he had ever heard of Burton Turner the divine healer. 
The officer said, “It can’t be he lives in Cleveland.” 

“Yes, sir, he is the wonder man.” 

“ I guess he must be,” said the officer. 

“Really, it’s no joke, officer. I understand he unites the love forlorn. 
He’s sort of a matchmaker, along with his healing the sick. He gives ab¬ 
sent treatments, he will take any animal patient. Helen says he’s a prince. 
No matter where the pain is located, he is able to remove the cause. He’s 
known as a sixcylinder. When he walks down Euclid avenue he’s a real 
treat. A flammable personality! Burton is so different from our other 
Cleveland men; he claims so many supernatural powers, and don’t you 
know there are only a few men nowadays that have it. That disease is not 
very common, it’s somewhat special. It’s a new healing bug or germ, 
cures anything. He’s a bud.of psychic power. 

I call your attention to the subject of the trickery of the so-called 
Christian Science. Their practitioners always carry their physicians bag. 
I have heard these female as well as the male disciples say they carry Mrs. 
Baker Eddy’s books in this convenient bag, so one would not surmise that 
they w r ere Christian Science healers. They all travel under protection, so 
to speak. 

When they call on a poor sick patient in a nearby neighborhood, the 
kind inquiring neighbor realizes by the every day calls that someone must 
be sick, and that a real physician is calling upon the patient. It is 
through this method of political protection they hide behind. The 
Christian Science nurses carry the hospital outfit, as they dress in the 
uniform, so as not to attract suspicion to their false guise. The Christian 
Scientists settle all law suits out of open court; they have no fear of news¬ 
paper publicity; they do a great bit of advertising in the newspapers. Thus 
they buy up public opinion, a real religious spirit, I will admit. They 


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refuse to discuss their healing claims openly, another customary evil, in 
their secret association, a sweeping denial of disease, a stubbomess in their 
claim of healing cancer, tumor, tuberculosis, even setting bones. They deny 
disease as only an error of mortal mind. They refuse to answer vital 
questions. The author wishes to ask publicly why is there need of these 
healing disciples; there are now thousands of them. Their business requires 
expensive and luxurious offices; they have wonderful high-powered auto¬ 
mobiles ; they seem to wear the latest creations, bluffing the w r orld as to who 
pays the bills. Oh, human sacrifice! Here’s where the strange scene of 
transformation becomes interesting. The patients must buy numerous 
books of Mrs. Eddy’s life. Some compensation is required beside the book, 
which sells for six dollars, according to the cover. The more price the better 
the understanding of the truth about Mother God. You can’t realize the 
truth without the mighty dollar; it’s of vital importance. No money, no 
healing. 

While I answer my questions plainly and boldly, it is not presumption, 
while I try to save my poor human friends from this terrible outrage. 
The time now for America’s outspeaking has come. No more lullabys 
of peace for Christian Science; a sharp clang while the undercurrents 
of the political issue are yet stealing. A flaming torch is being burned. 
Things are getting pretty bad. Sir Francis Kavanagh is entranced by 
the sight of his Mother God, the angel. In fact, every organ in his brain 
as well as his body, adheres to the hypnotic influence. He feels very manly 
in the divine spirit. While he is very antagonistic to the author, he yet may 
seek relief by saying “ Get behind thee Satan. I am a perfect man.” He’s 
very susceptible to magnetic impulses, a rather unusual relationship of 
divine spirit. Special attention is paid to his animal magnetism. I now would 
suggest to Mr. Kavanagh, before he gets through trying many more 
Christian Science criminal cases, he will need all the energy and magnetic 
powers to influence a jury. While he tries to relax his whole system, he 
peers through the window pane. He has a sort of a Monsieur 
Coueism practice, he looks into one’s eyes as long as he can keep his open. 
The author has diagnosed his case as plain diseased brain, communicating 
with his Mother God’s spirit, a magnet of legal understanding. He’s the 
passive and the positive spiritual wire; he’s become hardened by sin. 
As old as he is, he never fails to see a good-looking female. He’s always 
directing the semi-hypnotic spell. However, it’s very dangerous, sending out 
vibrations, exposing the feminine system. As I leave my readers to ad¬ 
just themselves to conditions, as they arrive, he no doubt has reached the 
stage of agony through the acquaintance of the lady author, tried and test¬ 
ed. I feel that I have cured him of his slanderorus remarks in open court. 


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He seems to have gone headlong into a horrible condition. I will not ven¬ 
ture now to assert but some day he will gain his natural mind again. 
Through a severe gust and whirlwind of passion, he’s playing with a slum¬ 
bering demon. His ideal is Mother God. While it is a dangerous violation 
of every day decency and respect for law and order, he has focused a dar¬ 
ing plot; his highest laurels seem to be won in Christian Science and his 
political strength seems to rest in the bosom of the Christian Science 
foundation. 

Through his promenade, it has been said that he might try to 
blockade any bill that may be presented against his association. We can¬ 
not be altogether unmindful of the past experiences which the author 
has encountered at the hands of justice through his clever and shrewd 
criminal methods of deceit. I raise my voice before-hand against these 
super-siding high-hand methods; he’s the mimic of Mrs. Eddy, While 
he contends his constitutional rights: In the “Court of Appeals” Kavanagh 
mentioned to wit: “That time will eliminate the necessity of man to par¬ 
take of food to exist; that in time, after Christian Science mind has 
thoroughly been developed, food will not be necessary to enable man to 
live.” 

Judge Vickery answers, “A fool statement.” 

Our modern civilization is bound to collapse, unless immediate action 
is brought to bear upon our Christian-thinking people in the next few 
years. Christian Science will determine whether we will be plunged 
into a religious war. We must curb the activities for humanity’s sake. 
What does our government say ? We pay a rightful tribute of honor to 
our world-war heroes who shed their blood for humanity. Christian 
Science must be stripped of its grandeur, of its churches; nothing 
can be done as long as these parades are allowed. We must teach our 
coming generation a greater heritage than wealth; abate a religious tragedy 
we cannot; repress too much on these different cults. The seed is planted. 
What is the result ? A wrecked mind. We all had our origin in God 
and not Mrs. Eddy. If my readers will consider gently and 
kindly, then you will place a strict confidence in what I am telling the 
world. Remember that our life is like a tender flower which must be 
nourished and cared for, to bloom. To be neglected by these fake beliefs 
the hour would be late and we must fade into the great beyond. We must 
place our devotion and loyalty on our Creator. Christian Science has no 
place in this day and age. 

No one has before seriously objected to this wholesale slaughter. May 
I submit the ever-inquiring question “Who will father the bill in the Ohio 
State Legislature, forever settling this vital issue?” May my readers 


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and comrades unite with me as 1 pin the cross of warning as danger is 
imminent. Each character has inoculated our social standing. Their teach¬ 
ing of free love is shocking. It has taken possession of mind, by over-in¬ 
fluence. It has a definite and distinct line of purpose which links up crime. 
In my analysis of the great human advance, it must rest upon honor. A 
cure for Christian Science.—Destroy the germ. 

* * * 


One beautiful morning as I entered the spacious offices of the Union 
Trust Company Bank East 9th street and Euclid avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, 
I asked an obliging officer if he could direct me to the office of Mr. Starner. 
“Yes, lady, you will find him in the vault.” Officer Mersy took me to the 
vault; he said, 4 4 There, sitting at the desk, is the man you want to see. ’ ’ I 
noticed a rather unpretentious-looking chap, apparently busy and as I 
neared the desk I spoke to him and said, “I’m looking for Mr. Starner.’’ 

At this moment he asked me to be seated. As I introduced myself to 
him, I told him that I wanted his sister’s telephone number, as she was 
soon to become my private secretary. He wrote me the telephone number 
down and other information I asked him about, on a slip of the bank 
paper. He looked up at me and said, “I am very glad to have my sister 
associated with you. ’ ’ I thanked him kindly. I told him that I was contem¬ 
plating a lecture tour, and that I was an author as well. He seemed per¬ 
fectly charmed. We discussed the current events of the day and the 
climatic conditions. Everything was passing off beautifully, until I said 
“Your sister tells me she is a member of the Episcopal church.” 

“No, it can’t be that you understood my sister.” 

“Why,” I inquired. 

I became interested, and, well, something seemed to happen. Just at this 
moment he looked at me and said, “Sister attends the Christian Science 
church in Lakewood.” 

I was almost paralyzed. He said, 4 4 In fact, I am a member of the First 
Church of Christ Scientist of Lakewood.” 

I felt right here is where I would have to make myself thoroughly 
understood. I then said, “Indeed, it is quite an important feature, regard¬ 
ing her religious views. ’ ’ I then told him it would be impossible for me to 
consider employing his siter. Bather excitedly, he looked up at me and 
says, 4 4 Why ?” 

I told him that I was very much opposed to Christian Science and in 
fact to their whole organization. Just then he said, “I want you to meet 
a couple of the gentlemen here in the vault who are good Christian 
Scientists. ’ 9 


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The Union Trust Company, East 9th St. and Euclid Ave. 

Sued by the author for $50,000 damages. 

I told him I’d rather not meet them as I did not care any longer to 
discuss science. He immediately called the supposed Christian men and 
introduced one man to me by the name of Mr. Pratt and another by 
the name of Waterbury. 

Mr. Harry Pratt chimed in and said, “Why are you not interested in 
Christian Science ¥ You look like a good Christian Scientist.” 









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I said to him, “No, indeed I am not, I had a beautiful sister who was 
murdered at the hands of these Christian Science brutes. She died a martyr 
to their cause.” No more had I spoken the words than Mr. Harlow 
Starner yelled out to me, “You are a liar.” 

Before I could gain my consciousness, I began to realize that things 
were very serious. Starner yelled for Lyman Waterbury to open the 
vault door. Pratt rushed up and grabbed me by the arm and young 
Starner took the other arm, and ejected me from the vault, and all three 
told me to get out. It was indeed my first experience and I hope it will 
be my last. I felt that I was a poor helpless little woman with a strong 
gang of tigers after me. As I left the vault, I called to Officer Mersy, 
“Please have mercy on me.” I told him just what had happened 
and he said, “Young lady, you come and we will just see what all this seems 
to be about.” As the officer asked them to open the gate to the vault we 
again entered. The officer said to the angered men, “What does all this 
mean ?” 

Pratt shouted out and said, ‘ £ She is disturbing the bank, and we do not 
propose to have it.” Officer Mersy said, “Did not this lady come in here 
on business ?” 

Pratt said, “No, she did not. We have never seen her before. She can¬ 
not make any such remarks about our religion.” Little realizing that they 
had a great deal to think about, they said they had no time for me, yet 
they found time to discuss their religious views. However, I was getting 
at the bottom of their criminal organization. They did not want the 
truth, as I had presented it to them. The officer said, “You cannot eject 
this woman from the vault as she has proven that she was in performance 
of a business duty.” Starner and Pratt said, “We do not know what she 
came in here for. ’ ’ At last the breaking point had come; it was the passing 
show. I felt that a great injustice had been done me. I knew that the 
spirits felt that they were receiving direct communication with their 
Mother God, Mrs. Eddy. 

What a pity for a group of men to be so unenlightened as not to see 
the interior of that illusion of that Christ-like mind. What a crime that ecah 
brain seemed to be so temperamental. I began to realize that the devil 
was again presenting himself to me. It was the principal role of the 
Christian Science foundation; the real answer was malice. I had begun 
to know and understand their Mother God. I felt that I had had a 
wonderful demonstration of the truth. I was in the very midst of Mrs. 
Eddy’s universe, and was still of the opinion that this exciting morning 
was well worth the experience. It was the age of advancement and it 
meant only the triflings of men. Each character furnished me with a thought. 


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a good example of spiritual understanding. I then promised myself 
that I should soon offer for the public’s opinion, the workings and doings 
of this mind over matter. Assuming that the old year would soon say 
goodby and I too would be the princess of 1923, while solving the mysteries, 
the writer would soon reveal the plot and supply the missing link. Taking 
a chance ? Sure, that’s what has always attracted my attention. I felt that I 
was an instrument in which these Christian Scientists were whispering and 
swearing vengeance on my soul. They did not say all is love after enter¬ 
ing the service. I was receiving the thrill of my life but I am coming back 
again. After such an uncalled for experience, I became satisfied that 
the spirit boys and girls were only the has-beens and I should soon array 
myself in the leading role of my new book. It was the passing show of 
1922. 

I could not help but want to know more about the Union Trust Com¬ 
pany ’s tigers. Why! they are the trusted three of Mother God. In every 
street, comer, office, they are rolling up their spirits every day in every way. 
I am becoming acquainted with the gang. What’s the charge of peace of 
Mother God’s discovery. In summing up my visit and reception, a greet¬ 
ing of the Union Truth Company, I was not a stranger at this bank. In 
fact, I had been there as a client for many years. Had always kept a very 
substantial sum on deposit in the bank. I could not realize why I should 
be so shamefully embarrassed. I called on one of the leading lights of 
the bank telling him of my sad experience. I noticed a little flower 
peeping from the button hole of his coat. It was Mr. YanHarts. I 
wanted to know just what right and claim had any employee of the Union 
Trust Company to insult and grossly mistreat any client of the institu¬ 
tion. I expected that some courtesy and respect was due me as a lady, 
and the equal rights of a woman with special privileges to none. As this 
distinguished gentleman listened, I could see the dear little flower was 
embarrassed. It too was wanting for words to make an apology. A realiza¬ 
tion of wrong had crept upon me. Slowly, things were becoming more and 
more interesting. I felt I was the speaker of the house. Before I finished 
my session, the problem which was confronting the amiable gentleman 
was, “What is the price of manhood, who has erred? Should I be made 
sponsor of this vicious gang of tigers ? ” As he looked up at me and said, 
“I am sorry indeed, that you should have been so unduly mistreated in 
our bank. It is very unfortunate that such an occurrence has risen.” 
Why do I picture the scene ? 

To the gentlemen of the jury, hold steadfast in deciding the fate of 
this alleged insult. Be just, upright and manly; it is our obligation. We are 
duty bound to respect this woman in question. However, I could not 


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between yawns, let Mr. Yanllarts retire. The question was, “Is he to 
shirk his responsibility of duty, by only expressing- his sorrow as to the 
wrong that hed been done the lady author or is he to demand of the 
three Christian Science tigers, an open apology? This seemed to be some¬ 
what of a mixed condition. The human radio, Mr. YanHart’s respect 
and allegiance to the bank, a fear of a disturbance with the three tigers, 
the case rested, gone to the jury under lock and key. Judgement not 
rendered after a deliberation of four hours. Yerdict not reached; a retrial 
ordered. I could see that Mr. VanHarts, had not as yet reached the spiritual 
understanding of Mother God’s perfect child. He seemed interested in the 
self mastery of the vague idea that his comrades were whispering of Mother 
. God’s child. Your honor, sir, it was a marvelous discovery to make money. 
Hark! a self mastery Christian Science means a violent death. As I peered 
into the face of each Trust employee I asked God to have mercy on their 
souls, as I could see that they were heavily laden with burdens of that 
Christ-like mind. Each persistent soul seemed to say, “Young lady, we are 
right and you are dreaming. ’ ’ 

Sad but true; they are bringing to their very homes the Christian 
Science tombstones. Oh! death, where is thy sting ? A tragedy of life. As 
I thought of the glad tidings, I could see the picture of Christ as the Man 
of joy. To all, behold! there is but one God, our Father. The messenger of 
Jesus is the triumph of gladness of Jesus himself. 

Do you not know, my honorable sir, the world is filled with false mes¬ 
sages of God, false philosophers of religion by real fanatics? Their hea¬ 
then religion is based upon fear; delusions are playing the role with the 
devil. Jesus only tells us of the type of living which fills our heart 
with joy, while these serpents are accumulating vast wealth. Shall they 
not find their very souls pierced through with many sorrows of the ill-fated 
mind of Mother God? A second trial was again ordered. With an adverse 
pressure, behold me. I am now introduced to the vice president, Mr. 
Williams. 

He has declared and promised he will now enter the case without pre¬ 
judice no matter what the consequences might be. This official does here¬ 
by swear that he will not be swayed by personality or any other religious 
prejudice. Now he enters the field, he being looked upon as a learned 
and an able gentleman, having learned the lesson of self respect long ago. 
He has made the declaration from the shadow of darkness and mystery 
which surrounds this case. He shall be the sponsor. However, this flimsy 
curtain rises. Each question which is involved in this great issue, must 
make sure the real observation concerning the author’s experiences and 
embarrassments presented to him, the great judge. He will do everything 


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possible to save the writer from such humiliation that she has suffered 
through the ignorance of our institution and the Christ-like mind. There 
shall be no provision for any unusual privacy. The single truth seems to be 
a technicality of responsibility of law. Some legal questions are involved. 
Meanwhile social ethics and legal precedent continue to arise in my mind. 
Your honor, did someone say, appeal the case to the higher courts? Public 
interests are agitated for a change in law, which will plainly allow my 
rights as an authoress to state before the jury my sad and unsolicited 
wrong on that memorable September morning. Now, Mr. Vice President, 
Mr. Williams, it is my hope and desire that your honorable bank officials 
will right the wrong by excluding from your employment every one of these 
vicious tigers, not only as a severe penalty, but in vindication of the lady 
author, and of social justice, and public welfare. An insult upon woman’s 
modesty and refinement; an entry of eual rights. I again say without hesi¬ 
tation, “My honorable sir, it is my privilege and my opinion, I can only 
expect of you to make restitution of the actual facts involved in my case 
for which I suffered disgrace and humiliation in the public’s eye. 
This wrong was perpertrated purely through malice, which you must 
realize was a serious mistake of misplaced judgment. No, your honor, 
it was a personal feeling, it has involved your duty, your trust. Mr. Vice 
president, it is simply this; the responsibility of the burden of the proof 
now rests within your official walls and as I now complete my arrangements 
for the future of my new book I once more thank you for your kind at¬ 
tention Mr. Vice president. 

* * * 


Out of the shadow of the darkness now comes Evelyn Barrett Nora-Gon 
the author, and recognized authority on Christian Science criminal abuses, 
who takes great pleasure in presenting to her vast audience the honorable 
Mr. Nutt, president of the Union Trust Company, East 9th street and 
Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. 

He solemnly swears that he is endowed with the spirit of Mother God, 
Mrs. Eddy. “What’s all this mystery about?” thought the writer. Like a 
flash of lightning, he changes his business-like appearance into a personal¬ 
ity of the true understanding of Christian Science. The thought remains 
unpresented with the author. Various reports I have had on the daring 
trustworthy gentleman. In looking over my information, I find on my 
report card his name is mentioned regarding his activities with the Christ¬ 
ian Science association. I am prone to believe that he is laboring under 
false illusion of the divine mind. As I recall, Mr. Nutt appeared as 
a principle witness in the trial of the case known as the Ingelhart case 


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in which the Humane Society of Cleveland, Ohio, had brought action against 
the foster parents of George Ingelhart. This little boy was made a total 
cripple by a Christian Science practitioner better known in Cleveland as 
Salem Hart Jr., a reader of the First Church of Christ Scientist at East 
93rd street and Euclid avenue. My readers will notice in my volume 
a later account of the court records which are involved in this Inglehart case. 
Mr. Nutt figured throughout this famous case in which he was a witness. 
Christian Science brought him in on the case to testify as an expert 
witness of mind over matter. 

What is the final question to this solution ? A chip off the same block! 
No doubt as to the prosperity of this bank official. I could discover he 
was heavily laden with obligations from the Cleveland Christian Science 
foundation club. Of course, he, being at the head of the banking institution 
is anxious to get business at any price. He speaks with 
an alert voice, he is up in years, however, he has a determined mind 
which is very characteristic of his organization. I cannot help 
but pity the poor terror-stricken man. An extreme enxiety seems 
to creep over the author as I think how this pour soul must be suf¬ 
fering from mental disorder. I cannot feel that he is safely out of danger. 
He does present such a depressing, pitiful appearance. I wonder when was 
the beginning of his wisdom in the witchcraft theories of Mother God Mrs. 
Eddy. 

As I asked myself, “Can it be this gentleman is unable to think in terms 
of a real man/’ once again superstition of this false belief and folly, a mas¬ 
ter of all he surveys in this world’s goods through that one mind, that 
Christ like spirit of Mrs. Eddy. He is the main spokesman in the Christ¬ 
ian Science Association. What an exalted appearance of self-mastery of 
mind over matter. Imagination running at high power, keen understand¬ 
ing of spiritual knowledge as he whispers to himself. “A booster for 
Christian Science.” A fellow of taste, in the name of Ism. Ideas passing 
to the mental suggestion, while I fully realize there will be a time in his 
life when he may become embarrassed as he hears and sees the passing 
show of Christian Science. A puzzle condition of mental understanding 
and from this institution the lady author has gained a knowledge into 
the closed doors of the bank vault. 

I was thrown bodily out by the three Christian Science tigers, 
while Mr. VanHarts and Mr. Vice president Williams felt unable to cope 
with the situation. They were only the under-heads of this financial insti¬ 
tution, as their main chief, the president, Mr. Nutt was their guidance. 
Their hands were tied. Hark! am I crossing to someone’s path? But as I 
insert in my new book the memories of that beautiful September mom- 


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ing, it was not God’s universe in this great institution, it was Mother God’s 
spirit which controlled this wonderful bank. My comparisons are odious 
regarding the events of that one fatal morning, but money is rightfully 
emphasized in the price we pay. 

The devil has triumphed the hour. I discovered that the distinguished 
Mr. Nutt occupies a position so serene, so marvelous through his revela¬ 
tions of thought of that one mind of Mother God, Mrs. Eddy. 

The author regards this genius, a man, a gentleman, but only laboring 
under the hypnotic influence of Christian Science. “Why so narrow mind¬ 
ed, ’ ’ thought the writer. The tide will turn these imposters into aChristian 
unity. If Christian Science is a religion, why does their association prepare 
for emergency in event of trouble. May I ask the president, Mr.. Nutt, if it 
is right that these practitioners and so-called Christion Scientists can dis¬ 
regard our laws? (I noticed somewhat of a personal contact seeming to be 
through the mirror of Mr. Nutt, such a false mastery in the secrecy.’ It’s 
a violent hysterical demonstration. What is there in a career, if it is so 
dangerously practiced? I am loath to believe that the president does 
employ his hypnotic methods in his every day business life. 

The lady writer would not stand for any more mesmerie sleeps. My 
honorable sir, I am not angry at you in your wild statements of Eddyism, 
I am to be the operator in directing you safely across. I shall make myself 
right in the eyes of my many readers. We are not living in the days of 
miracles; it was only Jesus who performed miracles. 

Now, in this twentieth century, we are combating with one of the 
world’s worst evils, in which every faith Ism is involved. 

Now, Mr. president, I am soon going to bid you adieu, and while I have 
staged before my audience, the Union Trust Company of Cleveland, Ohio, 
has and does house a cage of ioaring lions who are infected with that germ 
of Mother God. No one realizes the tortures and pangs of these villains 
which were developed through personal contact upon the lady author, 
When I was so viciously thrown out of the bank vault, it was no small mat¬ 
ter, and may I voice my sentiment to you, Mr. President, that the day is not 
far off when you will be compelled to right this wrong. No one has personal 
liberty; sir, it was a crude insult to womanhood. I had a wonderful 
demonstration of Christian Science methods. I was framed and I boldly 
express my opinion about your commercialized gang of criminals. Never¬ 
theless the setting was so spectacular, just voluntary, that I did not realize 
what had happened, when these three tigers set upon a poor defenseless 
little woman; and in the- presence of a few people, a free exhibit of ignor¬ 
ance at a poor lone woman’s expense. Officer Mersy had responded to 
the last curtain call of duty; what I was seeking was vindication of public 


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opinion. The honorable VanHarts took the evidence under consideration 
and rested the case. Then in turn, the said VanHarts gave the case to the 
vice president, Mr. Williams for review. A similar verdict, rested. Charge 
misconduct on behalf of the bank employes. More information was needed, 
a plain bluff; it was a private submission to the influence of the bank’s 
president, Mr. Nutt. The writer has taken issue. I now ask restitution 
in behalf of myself. I am a woman known to the public, I have appeared 
in many public places, but let me say, Mr. President, it is the first public 
demonstration and experience that I ever encountered at the hands of 
man. God only knows the humiliation that I suffered, but as I repeat the 
words, “Silence is Golden,” and as I dream of that beautiful September 
morning, it was a well contrived willful act, perpetrated by the employees 
of your bank. As I transfer my thoughts to my mind, the price I pay. 

Now, Mr. Bank President, may I leave this little word with you—that 
someone will account for justice. 

Who will be the heroine of the hour? The author. 

I have tucked the evidence into the realm of my book; no doubt as to 
the vengeance that has been sworn upon my poor soul, and I hope that you, 
Mr. President, may have the honor and the pleasure of hearing me tell of 
my eventful experiences on the September morning, before the footlights. 
The current has changed and now the process of my drama will be a true 
vision, not a smattering, but the new born, expose of religious graft and the 
shield of this great banking institution, I bid you farewell, Mr. President. 

* * * 

Mrs. Jennie M. Cook, C. A. C. Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Phone Prospect 556, A life long friend of Christian Science 
Love strengthened by mind. 

This ideal, spiritual Jennie, who claims that through mind and con¬ 
centration, she is able to make demonstrative cures in the bodily ills, 
specializes, as I understand in the treatment of disease better known to 
the Christian Science as claims. Animals also respond to her treatment. 
Just a glance into her eye and one becomes familiar and fully satisfied 
that she is reducing the pocketbook. She, being one of the metaphysical 
ideals, understands faith, prosperity, health and happiness. 

The madam is well located in one of the most fashionable offices on 
Euclid avenue. I found everything in keeping with that divine mind. 
She is surrounded by a group of sensational healers all of which belong to 
the profiteering gang. My journeys led me to the remotest corners and 
secrets of the underlying current of the spiritual understanding of the 
Mother God, Mrs. Eddy. My story shall end with a sensational test, 


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while these inspired faith healers receive profitable rewards for their 
skilled service of spiritual understanding. 

I notice that your association occupies a very advantageous position 
in this commercialized circle. There seems to he a wonderful platform 
and program to extort money. You express no fear for the future, that 
through your association you are securely protected. I am told, that you 
make a very definite price for your office calls and absent treatments. 
The last word is criminal graft. 

It is a known fact that your association has allied itself with 
spiritualism, new thought, unity, divine science, occultism, psychology and 
chiropractic. I notice in the Youngstown paper known as the Youngs¬ 
town Vindicator of Tuesday, March 6, 1923, the chiropractors held a pub¬ 
lic mass meeting, at which your honorable C. Gilbert Taylor, Christian 
Scientist and a former member of the legislature of Norwalk, Ohio, was 
the principle speaker. 

Who’s money is paying to back the Chiropractors in their unlawful 
practice, to which bitter attacks have been made against the Ohio Doctor’s 
Medical Association by calling them a medical trust ? There is no question 
in my mind but what it is vice versa. I would term your associa¬ 
tion as a dangerous and public nuisance, which goes hand in hand with 
your deceitful methods. 

If disease does not exist as you say, why are you holding yourself be¬ 
fore the public as a Christian Science healer ? You are making a stubborn 
fight for your chief possession. Your trust is working against the so-called 
veterinary surgeons. Mrs. Cook, how can you account for the treatment of 
Christian Science as you apply it to animals? Do you say that love is 
reflected in the animal’s mind? In your treatment of a dog patient, do 
you tell him to repeat that all is in the mind and get behind thee Satan, 
and that he is Mother God’s perfect dog ? 

Do you not realize, Madam Cook, that Christian Science with all its 
evil tendencies tends to tear down the moral of our good Christian people ? 
Mrs. Eddy was only a remote creature from which she budded into an 
adventuress. She theorized her thought of God, until she thoroughly 
commercialized her ideas of imagination into the faith of spiritual heal¬ 
ing. She imagined that she was the imperial crown, and that she had 
continued to proclaim the tradition of this so-called Christian Science. 
These poor unfortunate invalids fall for your transforming powers of heal¬ 
ing. 

As William Jennings Bryan says, “Let’s do some more supposing.” This 
time with the future instead of the past. In refusing to believe that 
your claims have any place in this Christian land, we must seek to destroy 


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your wave of insanity, of that Mother God’s perfect child. You tell 
your poor sufferers to give freely and they will receive their healings and 
blessings. 

Back to the very teachings of Mrs. Eddy. We find her principle was 
money. She has corrupted and disregarded our peace. Do we not know 
that the greatest union in this world was the Christian union ? Vast sums 
of money are being spent to lobby in our legislature in seeking to deprive 
our Christian people of their rights. In your Sunday Schools you are 
teaching the children to lie and disobey law and order. You deny every 
line of the Bible. Your spirit boys and girls swear that they are the ap¬ 
pointed apostles. A crime to be thrown into the evil and sorrow and grief. 
Mary Baker Eddy held the key to the situation; she lived in the golden 
opportunity of applied metaphysical science. She did not say to any 
of her comrades, ‘ ‘ Come over and share with me. ’ ’ She held the key to the 
vault. 

She made her plans well for the future development. It must be ac¬ 
knowledged that your Mothr God copyrighted every conceivable idea. 
She was general in chief. She incorporated what is known as the 
Christian Science Association. It is impossible for the writer to find 
words in the curriculum, where we might translate the meaning of your 
so-called Christian Science. 

Your wandering of mind, Mrs. Cook, is like the thief who travels in the 
night. Who will anchor your uncertainty of this spiritual power? We 
must, my friends, be partners in making a better and safer world to live in 

There must be a higher education of Christianity to cope with these 
terrible atrocities. Here is the story in the making which we cannot 
afford to miss. As we get a glimpse into the hidden secret, it is utterly 
impossible to believe the spirit of this false illusion. They hold before 
them the picture of their favorite saint, Mothr God. Nothing but unhappi¬ 
ness can result through the spiritual dream of this peculiar meaning of 
self-defiance. We must have a new understanding of the follies of this 
mental healing power. It may be a big problem to answer, but it is only 
common sense. When one has this hypnotic power thrown upon them, the 
resistance is hard. They absorb one’s subconscious mind, through the de¬ 
ceiving and repeating lies. 

It is a rising tide of imagination, a danger, to believe in this wholesale 
thought of Christian Science. The echo of this cult insists upon a for¬ 
tune being made out of human blood. They are hostile to any other re¬ 
ligion but Mrs. Eddy’s. They chant the virtues of Mother God. Christian 
Science presumes to deny the word of God. 

It is inconceivable to any normal minded persor how on r .^ould be led 


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by this master mind. They all possess sufficient imagination of Mrs. Eddy’s 
spiritual understanding. Imagination is the most destructive human mach¬ 
ine. Thou shalt not kill. The other spiritual injunction, “Whosoever shall 
smite thee on the right cheek turn to him the other.” 

Jesus formed the doctrine of force against every form of lawlessness. 
Our lives are a constant struggle for existence. It may be interesting to my 
readers, if I lift the veil of secrecy which conceals that hidden mystery of 
their Mother God. We must disregard the dishonest and treacherous 
abuses of this so-called cult. Having at last realized the fulfillment of our 
duty, we must enter into a partnership to discriminate against such abuses. 
It is now just the time when brotherly love is needed. Never before in his¬ 
tory of human life have these mysteries of that spiritual understanding 
united themselves with all of the other fakes and cults. 

We hear the mystical rappings from the spirit world, which are calling 
in producing these mysteries of spiritual knowledge of the divine Mrs. 
Eddy. Her discovery has long been regarded as one of the most remark¬ 
able evidences of deception. Mrs. Eddy specialized in spiritualism, and 
produced famous ghost houses. This was before her latter discovery of 
of this new bora commercialized religion. She had a startling program of 
mystified fools. The most deceitful method was employed by this old 
woman to gain her point. She had no equals. 

The devil was her medium. Her subjects were of the lower type of 
humanity. She gave the signal of the raps which produced a great spirit¬ 
ual power. She was governed by her unseeing intelligence. Therefore her 
confederates were governed by her imaginative powers by which these wave 
vibrations were produced. The messages thus received were concealed 
under her control, in which the weaker fell for the suggestion of the hyp¬ 
notic powers of the one mind, The controlling power of this mind of Mrs. 
Eddy was a miracle. This inspired female presented to the world the 
gift of the unknown tongue. She held the aces in the deck of cards. 

She devised all kinds of schemes and made it a reality. She was a keen 
observer when anything looked like money. How many souls were 
slaughtered to enrich her needs? The Lord said, “There shall be a punish¬ 
ment. ’ ’ The Bible has been handed down to us throughout centuries. The 
honorable David B. Bush of St. Louis Mo., the noted psychologist and 
author of Will Power Plus, gave the statement that fifty years ago people 
were sane and today they are bughouse. 

This gentleman loans his aid and support to the Christian Science As¬ 
sociation. The problem of these inhuman acts must be solved. It is a su¬ 
preme error for them to advance the thought of all power without respect 
for our civilized world. These cults have reached a great situation. 


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Responsibility now rests on public opinion. These evil classes practice 
upon the mind a witchery of occult power. The master of this secret 
healing specialized in the discovery and art of coining money. Their lay¬ 
ing on of hands and anointing the body is a vicious practice. 

God pity the poor sick who are tossed into this hypnotized condition. 
We have become paralyzed and disabled by this cherished thought of mind 
over matter. Still holding fast to this profound secret ceremony their 
text is the one Christ like mind. 

When one awakens to the understanding of this false religion, and to 
the fluent melodies of a faith in fiction, he finds these Christian Science 
practitioners have been painstaking, to guard against the coming occurence 
of exposure. Mrs. Eddy’s appointed healing apostles are familiar with 
the inside doings of their secret understanding, which they claim the 
rightful mastery of supremacy. By this dollar thought, they have con¬ 
structed a supposed cure known as faith tolerance, which carries a record 
of promises of cure of all diseases. In their testimonials they give all 
kinds of encouraging lies. They pass to each prospective victim the 
thought so common, of establishing the higher divine spiritual understand¬ 
ing. Their union of good fellowship, prosperity, wealth and happiness is 
a divine sanction to the one and the only leader, their Mother God, Mrs. 
Eddy. The spiritual adviser of this so-called fake belief, and the hope for 
the hereafter, shall be scattered by the wayside. This prodigal claimed 
to be the hidden symbol of that false and fake money-making business. 
The formula which she prescribes measured wonderful profits. Of the one 
mind she was the master. They are shrewd, business-like in their healing 
methods. They have a wonderfully hypnotic strength in this twentieth 
century. Their territory is unlimited. They have a definite advantage 
in presenting to their directors of the Christian Science organization, a 
human destroyer. The divine spirits are representatives of political in¬ 
fluence. This trust service corporation of science is briefly and clearly 
understood as a safe and unmolested product of mental thought. These 
Christian Science Churches act as sponsors and protectors in shielding 
their disciples. Their hidden descriptions are highly developed in this 
so-called religion. 

When any apostle or cult gets to the point of healing animals by ab¬ 
sent treatment, it is time that drastic action take place to prevent the evil 
spirit. These spirit boys and girls boast that the dumb brutes readily 
yield to their treatment. 


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Statement to the Public 

The author will now give to the public the terrible death and tragedy 
of her sister inflicted by the Christian Science practitioner, Arthur W. 
Marriott, with offices in the Fidelity Mortgage Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 
He is also the president of the Fourth Church of Christ Scientist, a cor¬ 
poration at East 105 street and Fairmount avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. 

After my sister’s death the State of Ohio arrested said Arthur W. 
Marriott and Betsy Taylor, practitioners, and three women by the names 
of Lida Anderson, Lora Ann Sherman and Mrs. Arminta McEwen, heal¬ 
ing nurses of Marriott. He was convicted for illegally practicing med¬ 
icine in the Municipal Court, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio. A 
fine and costs was imposed upon him by Judge Dempsey of the Municipal 
Court, Cleveland, Ohio, on November 18, 1921. The four other cases were 
continued by police prosecutor Lee Skeel. Before taking up practice of 
Christian Science, Marriott was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad 
of Cleveland, Ohio. As an engineer, he left the railroad company and 
bought Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy’s book “Science and Health;” rented an 
office and became a recognized expert in healing all diseases known to 
the human family. 

The said Arthur W. Marriott was called into the author’s home by a 
friend. He administered his so-called hypnotic influence of Christian Science 
to her sister. He claimed that he had healed tumor, tuberculosis and 
cancer. The statements he made were accepted by my sister in her weak¬ 
ened condition as the truth. Marriott started a t once to administer the 
spirit of the devil. For six weeks he held her under his control. He would 
repeat to her that sickness was only a delusion; it was only mortal error. 
He told each member of the family that he was the same as a doctor, 
only that his work was harder than the physician’s; that he must get con¬ 
trol of the family’s mind to produce the results, and that sister would be 
healed of her claim at any hour. He had hypnotized the family as well 
as the poor sick girl by promises that she soon would be herself in the claim 
of sickness. He had his own healing nurses, a day and night nurse ad¬ 
ministering the healing methods. Sister was constantly under the spiritual 
influence of these criminals. 

Marriott came to my home in his car on several occasions while sister 
was under his control. I noticed soon after he came from down the street 
without his car. I asked him if he came by the street car. He said, “No, 
Miss Nora-Gon, I just left my car down the street two blocks away as some¬ 
one might take my automobile license number, and find that I was a 


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Christian Science .practitioner instead of a doctor.” He said they would not 
understand science. 

I said to Marriott, “The neighbors will see you coming into the house, 
and they will ask me who you are.” He said to me, “They will think 
I am a doctor. ’ ’ He said, ‘ ‘ Here are my trained nurses using the same 
uniforms as they do in the hospitals; therefore that will cover all suspicion.” 
God only knows the covered deceit; everything was under such secrecy, 
I was dazed by his determined claim of healing my sister of her claim. 
Each morning he would come I would tell him that sister was no better. 
He would say to just let her alone in Science. I asked him why he let her 
have everything to eat, and the nurse let her have boiled dinners, meats, 
fried potatoes, salads and pastry, telling me that it was just what she 
should eat, that nothing could harm her. 

I would ask him if he could not give sister some medicine to be used 
as a cathartic for her bowels. He would always repeat to me that Jesus had 
no bowels, and all was required was to read and read the true statement of 
being and her healing would soon come. Oh my God! that happy hour 
never came. This slick devil sympathized with my family and won our con¬ 
fidence through our dear sick sister, like a spider or a snake gets its vic¬ 
tim. He lied to us and deceived us by promises to heal our loved one. 
As we had never had much sickness in the family we could not realize 
the seriousness of death. The good Lord only knows what my dear fam¬ 
ily suffered in those six weeks. We lived ten years in that time of 
six weeks. We were blinded by his lies. I wanted to get a. doctor as sis¬ 
ter had been treated at the Sanitarium at Battle Creek, Mich., only a few 
weeks before but Marriott would say to us, “If you call a doctor in, my 
nurses and I will leave the case.” Poor sister’s mind was with her body. 
I can hear her begging, “Mother, just believe in Mr. Marriott and he 
will give me my healing.” All seemed so strange to me. Night after 
night my dear mother and I would sit on the edge, of our bed until the 
wee hours of the morning reading Mrs. Eddy’s book, and repeating that 
she was God’s Perfect Child, the true state of being and there was only 
one mind, that the Christ like mind of the Mother God, Mrs. Eddy, until 
we were almost distracted. 

Marriott would repeat to us that we must have a better control over 
our minds for sister’s healing, and yet I could not understand what he was 
talking about. His nurses would tell me that Marriott would soon heal 
sister of her claim. For six weeks sister had one passage of her bowels. 
We were cautioned not to let any of our friends know that we were in 
Science as they could not understand. Our maid was dismissed so she 
would not go on the outside, in fear that she might tell her friends that 


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sister was in Christian Science. He told me that the maid might carry 
information outside. Why did I not tear myself away from under his 
influence ? God only knows that question is easier ot ask than it is to ans¬ 
wer. Sister was under his mental control and mother also. Too late I awoke 
to my folly. We were in his clutches through fear that he would not heal 
sister. Not even a child could understand this deadly charm of this ser¬ 
pent and villain. We saw no way of escape. When he would give sister 
these healing treatments, we were not allowed in the room. I asked him 
why we were not permitted in. He would say he must be alone with sis¬ 
ter and his nurses. 

I would ask my dear sister what he did in giving his treatment. She 
told me that he would close his eyes and hold her hand in silence and 
would ask her healing through his hypnotic powers and influence. 
Mother would tell sister that she must have a doctor, she would 
always say, “No, Mother if you and sister will only believe in Mr. Mar¬ 
riott. He has promised me that if you will only believe he will give me 
my healing anytime.” 

All mail that came to our house was opened and censored by Marriott. 
I rented a wheel chair for sister so that she might be comfortable. This 
Marriott ordered away he ;said he could not allow the thought of materia 
medica in his practice. My brother-in-law C. C. Coneby would take her out 
for a ride in my car in which Marriott stopped her from going. He told 
us that his rules must be obeyed, the same as doctors. No one was ad¬ 
mitted to our home, even dear sister’s friends. A friend of sister’s a 
doctor, was refused admittance to our home. When he would call over the 
phone inquiring her condition, these healing nurses would always answer 
that sister was very well and that she would be down to his office the 
coming day. For days we were not allowed in the room. What can it 
be? Yes, it all has happened. They would give her only a very little 
water to drink. I can hear sister say to mother, crying, “Oh! mama, please 
give me a drink of water; my throat is burning and my lips are parched.” 
She would always ask mother, ‘ ‘ Where is the nurse ? ’ ’ When asking for wat¬ 
er she was in deadly fear of asking for. a drink as Marriott had told his 
nurses not to give her but little water to drink. The last morning that 
sister was on earth, the nurse had come down stairs and sister begged 
mother to give her a drink of water. Mother gave her a glass of ice water. 
She drank the contents of the glass; she clinched the glass in her hand 
with a death grip. Her limbs and body were so swollen Marriott ordered 
the nurse to pin a sheet over her body so we could not see her condition. 
Oh! I can hear my dear sister say, “Just look at my poor distorted body; 
why does God want to destroy by life. ’ ’ To her pleading for help the nurses 


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would repeat constantly that she was God’s perfect child. They had her 
repeat the words ‘‘Get behind thee Satan.” One of the day-nurses had 
left sister. Marriott at once dispatched to our home one of his other old 
criminals by the name of Anna Sherman. When she came to the house, 
she was such a vile looking woman, a degenerate. However, mother ac¬ 
cepted her. Then when Marriott came out for his daily call, mother said, 
“Marriott, I cannot understand how your nurse is able to take care of 
daughter. ’ ’ She was so undersized. He said, ‘ ‘ Mrs. Nora-Gon, I got her, to 
do the mental work. ’ ’ When she came to our house I felt ashamed to let 
the passers-by see such a vile looking woman who represented the very 
slums. Four days before sister’s death, she had a hard chill. I heard her 
crying to the Sherman woman for the hot-water bottle. 

The Sherman woman told her that she could not have it. I told the old 
witch that sister must have a hot-water bottle. She became mad at me and 
said it was materia medica. I told her it made no difference; sister, must 
have the hot-water. She went down to the kitchen, filled the hot-water 
bottle with boiling water. She did not fasten the stopper to the water 
bottle, she gave it to sister, the stopper came out and scalded her poor leg. 
I did not know this until the morning that sister died. My dear one called 
me to her bedside, looked up into my eyes and said, “Evelyn, just look 
here. I want to show you something.” She said, “The nurse scaled my 
leg with the hot water. I have suffered a thousand deaths.” I said, “My 
God, sister why didn’t you tell me this before V’ She told me that the 
nurse told her not to let any of us know about it. I looked at her 
poor distorted body; I shall never forget such a sight. Oh, her limb was 
burned to a crisp, I told the nurse she must put something on sister’s leg. 
She told me, no, that was a materia medica thought. She sent my brother- 
in-law C. C. Coneby down to the drug store to get a box of cotton. She 
told him that there was only one special kind of cotton that she would 
use. She told him not to get medicated cotton as that was materia medica. 
He returned with the cotton she ordered and she put handfuls of this 
dry cotton into that fresh wound. She did not even use any ointment, only 
the dry contents. 

After sister’s death, the three undertakers swore to affidavits that they 
found the wound packed with raw cotton, and that her body was lying in 
a pool of blood. The poison came from her nose, ears and mouth. Oh 
such a martyr! On the night of sister’s death at six thirty P. M. the fam¬ 
ily had gathered in the reception room below where sister was lying. We 
could hear hard breathing. Marriott and his nurses were at her bedside. 
In a few minutes the spiritual healer Marriott came down. Mr. Coneby 
said to Marriott, “I don’t like the way that sister is breathing.” The heal- 


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er answered, “She is just resting and sleeping; she will soon be alright, do 
not worry.” We even accepted this as the truth. He said, “There are so 
many degrees that she will have to pass through before her claim is gone. 

And at that time she was passing to the great beyond. It was her last 
farewell sleep. At 8 P. M. o’clock the Anderson woman, garbed in her 
white hospital-nurses uniform came to the top of the stairs and said in a 
quiet voice, “Miss Nora-Gon, call the family.” We all rushed upstairs. 
I opened the door and entered. I rushed to my sister’s bed, I kissed her 
lifeless face and said, “Oh please speak to me.” No answer, her eyes 
were closed in death. I found the spirit-nurse pacing the floor and in her 
hand she had Mrs. Eddy’s Science and Health, repeating “You are God’s 
Perfect Child.” She then drew near the lifeless form of my sister re¬ 
peating “Thy kingdom has come.” I screamed, and said to the nurse, 

‘ ‘ What do you mean ? ” “ Why! your sister has gone, ’ ’ she said, ‘ ‘ Just let her 
alone with her Mother God; she is here the same as you and I .” She again 
repeated that she was Mother God’s Perfect Child. Mother could not realize 
that sister was dead. Oh! such a sudden shock. She thought she was only 
sleeping; she could not understand. The undertaker was called and the min¬ 
ister, Rev. Dr. Higley, pastor of the Calvary Presbyterian church 2020 
East 79th street and Euclid avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, was called for prayer 
by Mr. Coneby. When Dr. Higley arrived, mother was still under the 
control of these serpents. Mother asked Marriott, “Don’t you want to meet 
Dr. Higley?” and he answered, “No, he won’t understand.” Marriott beg¬ 
ged mother not to tell Dr. Higby that he w 7 as in the house. Marriott said, 
“My nurse and I will close the doors between the dining room and recep¬ 
tion room so no one can see us.” Not a word did mother breathe to the 
minister about Christian Science or Marriott being hid away in the dining 
room. After prayer, Dr. Higley left. Marriott the sneak-theif remained 
at our home until four P. M. in the morning. He kept begging me to 
have my dear sister’s body taken to the Fourth Church of the Christ 
Scientists of which he was president, for funeral arrangements. He told 
us to dismiss Dr. Higley, that he wanted to officiate at the services. I 
became suspicious. I felt that I was recovering from the hypnotic in¬ 
fluence of that man. Marriott seemed very nervous that I w^ould not com¬ 
ply with his wishes; he had method in his madness. He was in fear that 
something might happen. He kept telling me that sister had only passed 
on and that she was a child of Mother God, Mrs. Eddy. Only two days 
before sister died she said, “Mother, if it is the Lord’s will, I am prepared 
to go.” She said, “Mama, I had a dream the other night. I was in heaven 
and I have only returned to this earth for a short stay.” She said, 
“Mama, everything was so beautiful on the other side.” 


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My friends, these are the only consoling words that we have i n mem¬ 
ory of our dear one, that she did not die in Science and that she was saved 
through our one Creator the Father God of this great universe. This 
poem was sent in memory of my dear one: 


As it grew and blossomed fair and tall, 

Slowly rising to loftier height, 

It came to a crevice in the wall, 

Through which there shone a beam of light. 

Onward it crept with added strength, 

With never a thought of fear or pride; 

And it followed the light through the 

crevice's length, 

And unfolded itself on the other side. 

The light, the dew, the broadening view, 

Were found the same as they w T ere before; 

And it lost itself in beauties new, 

Breathing its fragrance more and more. 

Shall claim of death cause us to grieve, 

And make our courage faint or fall? 

Nay, let our faith and hope receive— 

The rose still grows beyond the wall. 

Scattering fragrance far and wide, 

Just as it did in days of yore: 

Just as it did on the other side, 

Just as it will for evermore. 

REV. A. L. FRINK, Author. 

The last morning that sister was on earth while Marriott was still in 
the house, sister called to mother and said, ‘ ‘ Mama, there is five dollars un¬ 
der the dresser scarf; won’t you give this to Mr. Marriott; he will work 
harder for me.” Oh my God! she was buying her life. He took the money 
as he always had done when he knew that sister soon would be struck with 
death. At one o’clock in the afternoon she became unconscious; yet there 
were none of us allowed to enter the room. Oh, a tragedy of life; to only 
think that her loved ones were not at her bedside when she passed away. 
Never shall I forget the last farewell when Rev. Higley, the minister 



The Rose Beyond the Wall 

Near a shady wall, a rose once grew, 

Budded and blossomed in God's free light, 

Watered and fed by morning dew, 

Shedding its sweetness day and night. 













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officiated at the services. He said, “We will meet you around the corner’ 7 
and then the soloist sang, “Abide with me, Abide with me,” Farewell, 
all was over. 

It was a terrible experience we had passed through. The murder and 
crime had been committed right in our own home, before our eyes and 
yet we could not understand. A few days after sister’s funeral a voice 
whispered to me and said, “All is wrong.” As I woke from my mysterious 
dream, I began to realize what had happened. I at once got busy with the 
law. Then the Ohio State Medical Board arrested the five practitioners 
and healing nurses on state warrants. All were taken to the police sta¬ 
tion by the flying squad and police patrol. After Marriott’s conviction 
his attorney Francis B. Kavanagh appealed the case on error to the court of 
appeals. A few months later the attorney dismissed the case. Paying up 
the fine and costs they acknowledged their guilt; thus the judgement of the 
lower court stands against him. There wise criminals knew if the case 
ever entered the supreme court it would mean a death blow to them. A 
few months later my mother was appointed administratrix of my sister’s 
estate. The attorneys immediately filed a petition against the directors 
of the Fourth Church of Christ Scientist at 105th street, Cleveland, Ohio, 
and sued this religious corporation for a hundred thousand dollars. 
Each director of this so-called church was made an ally to the 
tragedy. Papers were served on: 

Arthur W. Marriott, president of this corporation, his residence being 
at 3401 Beechwood road, Cleveland Heights, and offices in the Fidelity 
Mortgage Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

A. E. Nitschke, a trustee, residence 3090 Scarborough road, Cleveland 
Heights, office Osborn Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Henry Elliott Winslow, a trustee, residence 3251 East Monmouth road, 
Cleveland Heights, offices Osborn Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Albert M. Peters, a trustee, residence 1573 East 117th street, Cleveland, 
Ohio, officer Clarence Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Thomas Paul Harrison, a trustee, residence 1573 East 117th street, 
Cleveland, Ohio, offices Clarence Building, Clveeland, Ohio, 

Fred C. Hemphill, a trustee, residence 18302 Windward road, offices 
at Cleveland, Ohio. 

Mrs. Nellie W. Conners, a trustee, residence 1963 East 82nd street, 
offices Schofield Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Mrs. Esther P. Kloth, a trustee, residence 2169 East 96th street, of¬ 
fices Schofield Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Mrs. Harriet B. Vaughn, a trustee, residence 2270 St. James Parkway, 
Cleveland Heights. Offices Osborn Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 


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Mrs. Sarah Louise Sturgeon, a trustee, residence 1919 East 93rd street, 
Cleveland, Ohio, offices Cleveland, Ohio. 

Mrs. D. S. Humphrey, a trustee, residence Euclid Beach, Cleveland 
Ohio. 

Betsy Taylor, residence 2127 Sterns road, offices Osborn Building, 
Cleveland, Ohio. 

Lora Ann Sherman, 9502 Euclid avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, a nurse. 

Mrs. Arminta McEwen, 1891 Brightwood avenue, East Cleveland, Ohio. 

Lida Anderson, 10801 Orville avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Marriott did all hiring of the nurses. We asked him what he would 
charge for his services of his healing nurses. He said his prices were 
about the same as those being charged for a hospital nurse, fee of thirty-five 
dollars a week for each nurse. For his healing treatments he charged 
five dollars a call. lie would always say that the more you give the sooner 
my sister would be healed. 

Every thing was that money thought. He swore on the witness stand in 
the municipal court ‘ ‘ That is the way I make my bread and butter. ’ ’ The 
state attorney on cross examination asked Marriott why the young 
lady died. He said it was only a mortal sense of thinking that she was dead, 
and that she had only passed on. He said that if he could have got the 
co-operation and the influence of the family's mind the young lady would 
be living today. He was extracting a living out of human blood. Verily 
I say unto you, “Go seek the truth of justice.” 

This Cleveland Christian Science Foundation has a wonderful fore¬ 
sight of their accepted political influence. Marriott as I understand has had 
many prescriptions filled at the drug store for himself as well as for his 
family. Yet he reads Science and Health by which he is extorting large 
sums of money for his criminal abuses. This is the true story and character 
of this villain. This self-styled and supreme appointed president of this 
Christian Science Organization has no regard or respect for morality. He 
is a home wrecker. There are others who know of his criminal life, but 
through the fear of politics they dare not expose him. If there are those 
who do know more than I do, let them come forth and tell the world. 
I shall impart the things and the wrongs of this devil incarnate. It is 
the Christian Science money that is trying to keep from’ the public the 
truth. They are holding mass meetings to shield these murderers. I 
warn each and every citizen in Cleveland against this criminal. 

He has a stocky physique; his dreamy eyes seem to talk without speak¬ 
ing. He is married and father of a child but he is a betrayer of woman. 
He stands high in the atmosphere of metaphysical understanding. His as¬ 
sociates are among the degenerates. He knows every trick of his profession. 


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He is the center and the brains and the controlling spirit of one of the big¬ 
gest gangs of thieves, robbers, swindlers, and cuthroats that has ever prey¬ 
ed upon the people. I was in darkness, but I know now, and realize fully 
what the meaning of Christian Science is. 

My friends after reading my pathetic story and tragedy so true to 
life, may I ask why the county prosecutor did not loan his assistance to 
bring before the county grand jury of Cleveland, Ohio, the evidence which 
the association for criminal justice and Chamber of Commerce had found 
an indictment against this said Marriott for manslaughter. Who is defying 
justice ? 

On Thursday, May 11th, 1922, Marriott and his four nurses were arrest¬ 
ed on state warrants, for obtaining money under false pretense. The case 
came up in Myron J. Penty’s court at 1218 Ontario street, Cleveland, Ohio. 
As each case was called in order, Penty, the justice of the peace, had made 
up his mind and fully decided in favor of the Christian Science Organiza¬ 
tion before the trial started. The McEwen woman was called to the witness 
stand first. Without a moment’s warning, Judge Penty dismissed her case. 
This was a very funny procedure of law. On the next Monday following, the 
cases were reopened. I discovered what was being done. I noticed a very 
peculiar atmosphere; there was such a secrecy about Penty’s court room. T 
arose and said, “The court, your honor, it is my privilege and duty to dis¬ 
miss these cases at my expense.” This created a great commotion and dis¬ 
turbance. Palmer and Kavanagh, attorneys for the Christian Scientists 
shouted, “We are ready for trial and these cases must be fought out.” 

Then Judge Penty told me the witnesses were all there and they could 
not dismiss the cases. I again interrupted the court and said, “Your honor, 
it is my desire and my privilege to dismiss these cases at my cost.” I real¬ 
ized fully that I could not reopen these cases and place these criminals in 
jeopardy the second time, if Penty dismissed the cases by wholesale. 

I had subpoenaed in these cases as my witnesses, Dr. Wildison, Mr. 
George Sharer, undertaker, also Mr. Miller, undertaker. These witnesses 
demanded of Penty’s court, their fees for the two days, which Penty refused 
to pay them. This, after I had put up the fifty dollars for court costs. Now I 
wish to ask Mr. Penty what has become of these witness fees. A few days 
later I met Penty and he asked me what I intended to do about the cases, 
if I had in my mind a thought of reopening these cases. I told him it was 
far in the future, and the past would take care of itself, that surely in 
his court, I realized justice was not to be had. One of Penty’s chief clerks, 
E. C. Dalton, told me that he would like to tell me what happened in 
Penty’s court. 


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The remaining cases the State of Ohio had on their docket in Prosecutor 
Lee Skeel’s office. Lee Skeel had continued these Christian Science cases 
from time to time, saying that the said cases would be tried as soon as he 
got through with the trials of the Chiropractors. Only ten days ago, my 
attorney called SkeePs office, and asked him when these Christian Science 
cases would be advanced. He informed the attorneys at a very early date. 
However, I called at Mr. Skeel’s office, talked to him personally about the 


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CHIROPRACTORS TO HOLS 
PUBLIC MASS MEETING 

Diamond Hall, Southwest Corner the Diamond 
Tomorrow Night, Wednesday, March 7th 
: » At 8 O’clock—Admission Free 

Speakers will include the Hon. C. Gilbert Taylor, Christian Scientist, 
and former member of the legislature, of Norwalk, Ohio, and the Rev. 
Howard M. Meyer, of jhe department of Philosophy and Religion of 
Ohio Northern University. 

Nine Youngstown Chiropractors with a message of health have been put in jail by the Ohio State 
Medical board—Not because they harmed anyone but because they were actually getting sick people 
well; because they were building successupon the failures of medicine. Putting Chiropraators in jail 
will nevei^xterminate Chiropractic. If medical men want to exterminate Chiropractic let-them follow 
flic advice of their own great leader in this state, Dr, J. F. Baldwin, former president of the Ohio State 
Medieal Association, who says that the only way to exterminate Chiropractic is for the Medical men to 
remove the beam from their own eyes before attempting to remove the mote from the eyes of others. 
It must be remembered that chiropractic has built its wonderful success upon the failures of medicine. 
People seldom seek a Chiropractor until they have passed the gauntlet of medieal experts. So it is 
upon these “failures” that we have made our success. 


cases being tried. I told Mr. Skeel that I was contemplating a lecture tour, 
and that I wanted to know what time these eases might come up for trial. 
He answered me, saying just as soon as he got through with the Chiroprac¬ 
tors ; then these cases would be tried. However, I took my private secretary 
and went down to the police station. Wednesday, March 21, 
1923, and looked over the court records. To my surprise the lieutenant of 
the police department informed me that said Lee Skeel had annulled and 











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dismissed these cases without further notifying my attorneys or myself. No 
entry was made in the court docket as to why such action was taken by 
Skeel. Now, my readers, I find that these state cases were dismissed on 
Nov. 18, 1922. Is Cleveland slipping? Charles DeWoody, director of 
the Cleveland Association for Criminal Justice is right in saying that 
Cleveland has slipped somewhat in his handling of criminal cases and there 
is every reason to believe that he is right. It is up to the Cleveland officials 
as DeWoody says, to correct this tendency at once, in administering jus¬ 
tice. He also says it behoves the people, of the City of Cleveland to main¬ 
tain an active interest in this strict enforcement of criminal justice, and in 
the official attitude of those charged with responsibility for administering 
the laws. They must not lose any time in perfecting this cure for evil. 

Judge Walther says that there must be plain self-protection. He says it 
is a gross neglect to our civilized community not to punish these criminals. 
He says the risk is too grave, that there must be a fixed penalty for each 
crime. Now, my readers, what is the price and the principle of justice? 

My people, what is the meaning of this 100 per cent American? 

William Jennings Bryan says, “Every Christian and official should 
stand behind a world-wide movement to teach and emphasize the spiritual 
need of justice, by using their influence to secure state legislation, which 
will correct the evil practices of crime.’’ 

There is no road which is so long but what it has a turn, and I am only 
waiting and claiming the opportunity to grasp the right channel to justice, 
in demanding my constitutional right, as an American citizen. There must 
be equal justice, and special privilege to none. 

We must seek to build a safe government, and insist on the abolishing of 
these false religious claims. Judging from our great war, it has left the 
world poor by the loss of the valuable blood of our most productive citizens. 
We cannot estimate the number of poor souls that have been and are being 
sluaghtered daily by these Christiance Science leaders. The price we pay! 
There must be a radical revision requesting and demanding a perfect law 
to cope with these criminals. 

Change our laws, and law and order will prevail. Make it a penalty to 
practice medicine without a state license; regulate our social laws, admitting 
only those who take a thorough medical examination by an authorized 
medical board; then we will have changed these deadly murderers, who are 
seeking protection behind these political closed doors. 

The author can only discern through her thorough investigation 
of Christian Science, knowing well its promoters who have accumulated 
vast wealth. It’s advocates, through its spiritual advisers, are circulating 
to the public a great army of grafters, in presenting to the world the mask- 


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ed faith of this invisible medium. All other cults are also interfering 
with federal government, by being allowed to send literature proclaiming 
healing powers, and extracting through the mails, money, for their healing 
services for absent treatment. The department of justice should at once 
assign a special investigation of their activities. The public should itself 
pledge its support in protecting our Americans and citizens from the evil 
practice of this so-called Christian Science. 

They have a premium, a profit-sharing in this commercializing of 
God’s works. It is a wonderful opportunity to those who have registered 
with the thrift club fund, of metaphysical power, an abundance of assur¬ 
ance of the understanding with large profits, an income through the con¬ 
structive divine spirit. Mother God’s influence was a gift of a life time 
in obedience and concordance to the by-laws and will of herself. 
The ideal has presented its healing thought of prosperity to which a bet¬ 
ter understanding of one’s mental condition has been achieved. The 
originator of this so-called Christian Science was a native of Massachusetts. 
A magnet of wealth that was founded upon that something to which the 
whole world has turned its eye; the charm of magnetism or whatever we 
may choose to call it. It was not an accident; Mrs. Eddy thoroughly un¬ 
derstood her business. However, she possessed a dual personality. She ac¬ 
complished her desire; it is indeed a sad plight that now we find ourselves 
in a lamentable angle in allowing Christian Science. Now we can re¬ 
pent at leisure for yielding to the immense strength which now faces us, 
through the dictation of this political evil. The Bible warned years ago 
against these fake cults. We must array ourselves with a strong army of 
Christian influence and political power to rid our universe of Christian 
Science. 

It is a gigantic organization which controls this trust body. Do we now 
see the hand writing on the wall ? They are allied with all quacks and 
fakes. They are the sponsors for the Chiropractors. It is a true biogrophy 
and history of their unusual methods as summed up by the author, through 
their camouflaged system. This collapsible fraud must be exposed,, to 
bring about the realization and the determination of our good Americans. 
Their faith has become a spectacular adventure for the sole purpose of 
apparently paralyzing the thinking power of one’s self. It is readily under¬ 
stood that our public needs this vital information. These actual claims 
are being made by these faith healers; public opinion must be aroused. 
Our laws have been too lenient in allowing there privileges of administrat¬ 
ing to the poor suffering humanity, their spiritual healing powers. The prac¬ 
titioners have flourished in their huge make-believe business, spreading 
their crude propaganda to the public. The membership of this soul-sav- 


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ing campaign is a money program to satisfy their selfish desires. The 
writer now undertakes to expose the inside working of this fake religious 
body. 

An effort must be put forth to destroy this deadly germ; it must be 
accomplished by our Christian people, and our law-abiding citizens. These 
shaded cults are surrounded by fine scenery; they send forth a gleaming 
invitation to the sinners. They say to join hands with the divine spirit, re¬ 
ceiving in turn the blessings of their beloved leader, the Mother God su¬ 
preme. 

Thousands are bidding in their special pleading for members, in their 
divine science of master mind. On Wednesday night of each week, the 
Christian Scientists hold what is known as testimonial meetings, where 
any good prevaricator, who cherishes these rich lies, can get up in their 
audience and display his or her ignorance in perfect harmony, in the 
Christian Science Church. This is an unusual opportunity to rid one’s 
system of all these false and malicious beliefs. At once, one can fully 
understand, one is told he can enjoy the teachings of Mrs. Eddy and 
in this spiritual thought, one’s mind rises to a higher plane of human un¬ 
derstanding. While we recognize and realize that our human race is thus 
trying to rise, yet these evil conspirators of the devil try to control one’s 
mind. Yet they repeatedly say “Get behind thee, Satan.” By putting your 
money in this foundation it keeps circulating. Special attention is given 
to the triple strength of this so-called religious sham, in the faith healing, 
breathing the very essence of a deadly germ. Their secret lies in the suc¬ 
cess of their knowledge of that unknown tongue. This fortune-telling is 
taught by the master, a novice, who familiarizes himself with that hyp¬ 
notic power into a keen hand of this spiritual knowledge and divine char¬ 
acter. Their past events and experiences enable them to commercialize 
this sacred art into their misrepresentations. 

Science not only teaches us that our dead pass on. Do our dead return to 
mother earth again. Are we to be compelled to follow the evil teachings 
and practices of this leader, Mrs. Eddy, who has climbed up in their spiritual 
world from poverty into luxury of that extraordinary power by which mil¬ 
lions and millions of dollars have been stolen from the people? This re¬ 
ligious society has established a profitable business. In this particular 
skill there are many tricks. Through their association we cannot comprehend 
the wlungs which the human family suffers at the hands of these criminals 
and money grabbers. They are all struck with the same appetite for money, 
from those who accept the practice of Christian Science. They do not pre¬ 
sent any argument; they simply express surprise in one not accepting their 
religious belief in the invisible germ of that nothing, Mother God. Na- 


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ture is God’s law as conformed and recorded by Moses. Many missing links 
are yet to be revealed to the world. God made this beautiful world while 
this divine old Mary was only a little speck in it. We are now battling 
with these false disciples. It is a serious proposition; we must insist on dis¬ 
posing of this false claim, for now and all time. Mary Baker Eddy was 
the originator of this spiritual idea of all-power. Her claims of spiritual¬ 
ism had been on the market for years, long before she discovered Science. 
She grasped the idea that she could coin her association into money; by 
so doing it would become a recognized political factor through the pur¬ 
chase price of human blood* They are a boldly organized bunch of swind¬ 
lers. Mrs. Eddy and her followers would make one believe that they were 
God’s special appointed children. 

These evil teachings of Christian Science is a dark mystery. Mrs. Eddy 
discovered that a profit could be gained through this religious belief. 
She tried to remove all doubt from the minds of her people as to the question 
of her invention of this so-called Christian Science. 

Due credit is given to Professor Quinby, as foun der of this mystic power 
long before this famous Mother God was known. Affidavits show that Mrs. 
Eddy stole the Quinby manuscripts, which she has converted into millions 
of dollars. 

Now that we must seek a royal jurisdiction in the realm of our religious 
kingdom, these paid agents are kept busily at work, spreading this insidious 
literature and propaganda against our Christian people. It must be thus 
understood that there is only one religion, that of Christianity. The master 
mind has saturated our land with the most vile and poisonous belief and 
by the pictures of these living examples of human destruction. The 
pinnacle of human success is love and principle. They tell you that pros¬ 
perity flows everywhere. In her early life Mrs. Eddy lived in poverty. As 
she climbed to success, through her imaginary power, she attained immense 
wealth. 

She had a gold mine, she measured distance ahead. She realized that 
Christian Science would stand on a financial foundation. Virtually her 
entire aids were trained into the unknown tongue of Jesus. They were 
confidentially connected and they entered into the practice of medicine 
without a license, being shielded by the political organization as a relief. 

These cults have entered the throne of the Almighty, believing that 
their false Mother God would yield them souls. Mary Eddy had no hesi¬ 
tancy in being called the divine Mary, to which she taught her adherence. 
She united only those who obeyed her laws; she too answered the death 
call. What a blind misunderstanding of misrepresentation of the truth. 
This great mania, her false practice of thought give opportunities to her 


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teachings. This reproducing and denial of sickness, disease and poverty 
is only masked by the understanding of Christian Science. 

We notice that this fool show of Christian Science might properly be 
called a congress of secret workers; they are exponents of mental-destroyers 
their open seances, with these so-called healing cults. The first reader who 
appears at the first performance introduces his or her ability of the mra- 
velous feats, repeating these hypnotic manifestations. This powerful system 
in which they demonstrate their clairvoyant powers. This mystery man 
remarkably repeats at each performance “Mother God’s perfect child.” You 
are then thrown into a hypnotic sleep and levitation; your name is called. 
You know not where you belong. They tell you now to sleep and dream 
and your dream shall be realized in Christian Science. In submitting this 
mental agony of hypnotic influences* the writer gives this remarkable ex¬ 
hibit for the enlightenment of those who profess an interest in the secrets 
of psyehic transmission of the under current of mind over matter. I will 
spare no time in explaining every detail, regarding the criminal tortures 
and operations which pertain to these self-styled agents of this so-called 
Christian Science Association. The healing art is a plain simple matter 
which is possible to fall in line as my readers will follow me carefully. 
You can readily understand how these results can be obtained. 

You are put under a mysterious sleep which is clearly developed 
by the teachings of these metaphysical practitioners. They prey 
upon one’s mind until you become paralyzed with emotion. They tell you 
that money just flows. Friends, I am trying to explain that principle is 
money and to obtain this condition of prosperity, one must become a. child 
of Mother God. Through this ordained cult to which flows this endless 
chain of money, I do not question their thought of money. However, a great 
many people may be inclined to misconstrue the meaning of this so-called 
power. They may think it is God’s work. It has no conception whatever 
to God. It is the workings of the devil. They try to develop certain mental 
influences upon one’s mind. We all possess it in our will power, and intui¬ 
tion. However, it is quite possible for any intelligent mind to develop its 
own psychic forces. It should be understood that some minds are 
better adapted by nature in the understandings of others. The same applies 
to any profession and vocation of life. For instance, there are doctors, 
lawyers, statesmen that are adapted by nature for this particular calling. 
They reach a higher degree of success than any other could hope to. Mary 
Baker Eddy was originally gifted by nature to perfect her many mar- 
yelous schemes. 

Through the mirror it is to be remembered that danger lurks in every 


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pool of the undercurrent of the political issue. There cannot be but one 
glorious result, that of victory. We cannot tolerate their teachings through 
their Christ-like mind. The most remarkable and striking fact 
of this so-called religious faith is their propaganda, com¬ 
monly carried on throughout the continent by a well organized aggressive 
campaign. Representatives are springing up in all parts of this civilized 
world. Their common aim is to arouse hatred of our good thinking 
Christian people. They are the sole barriers of the trouble. The author 
cannot resist the temptation to characterize these self-styled hypocrites as 
a unique set of dangerous outlaws. They are eminently successful with 
wealth. They sweetly smile and say the chaff must be separated from the 
wheat. Who would undertake such an endless experiment ? It takes a keen 
mind to understand and detect their motives. They count the figures on the 
dollar bill. These are Mother God’s specials to which all presents are 
scooped in this gift basket. I do not as yet believe we have reached the great 
millennium dawn. The writer believes we are passing through a great recon¬ 
struction in which all evil must be suppressed. We have been blind to its 
imperfection. God gave his only begotten Son to save the world. I 
gave my flower to save the human suffering. 

Many times I found myself paralyzed and in a state of coma because of 
this fanatic torture of Mother God. 

* * * 

Introducing 

Mrs. Arminta McEwen, residence 1891 Brightwood avenue, 

East Cleveland, Ohio. 

This is one of Arthur W. Marriott’s healing nurses of the metaphysical 
mind power, who is practically owned and controlled by the criminal 
Arthur W. Marriott. She too, was arrested for practicing medicine with¬ 
out a license. She claimed that she had healing powers to administer to 
the sick for which she obtained money falsely. She helped to murder my 
dear sister; her hands are stianed with human blood. Marriott sent her 
to my home. This woman was a night nurse. I can now fully explain to 
the public the meaning of Christian Science from actual experience. First 
of all Marriott charged thirty-five dollars for the services of this healing 
nurse. She did no manual work of any kind; she would read and read 
the scientific statement of being, Mother God is love, all is an illusion, dis¬ 
ease is only an error. When I would go into sister’s room at night, I could 
always find this nurse sleeping. I heard sister crying. I rushed into the room 
and I found her poor crumpled-up body lying on the floor in a heap. I 
screamed and called the nurse. I had a hard time to awaken her from her 


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sleep. She was then only half awake. I told her to come and help me, as 
poor sister had fallen out of her wheel chair. 

Now, friends, a night nurse, and yet no attendance upon the poor suf¬ 
fering girl. After I assisted sister back into the chair, I could hear this poor 
deluded mind of the spirit declaring the truth of Mrs. Eddy. Pitifully I 
could hear my sister cry, and say to the woman, “Please go out of my room, 
I am so tired of your reading all the while. ’ ’ May I ask is this barbarism ? 
Do you call this Christianity? Even at that, we were afraid to whisper, 
to make an outcry, in fear they would take her life away from her long 
before they murdered her. It took six long weeks to torture my sister. 
She had a wonderful vitality. Always at midnight the McEwen woman 
would tell me to prepare a lunch for her, then she would say, “Miss Nora- 
Gon, wake me up at eight o’clock in the morning. Please get me a light 
breakfast before I go home for the day.” God only knows how this rings 
in my ears. I would say to the McEwen woman “Sister is failing,” she 
would say, 4 4 Please let her alone with her Mother God. She is all right and 
do not bother as our leader, dear Mr. Marriott says, Jesus had no bowels.” 
Every morning that the spirit came to the breakfast table, she would always 
look at me and smile and say, 4 4 Dearie, your sister will have a visitor soon. ’ ’ 
44 Oh! do tell me what you mean.” She would close her eyes, and in silence 
repeat there is only one mind, the Christ like mind of Mother God. 

Again I said to the McEwen woman, “Please explain to me what you 
mean about sister having a visitor ?” 

She said, “She will have her healing of her supposed claim before I 
return tonight.” 

Yes, God only knows, she was visited by a caller, “Death.” Many times 
we have said to the nurse, “We must have a doctor.” She would answer us 
and say, “If you call in a doctor Mr. Marriott and I will leave the case.” 
They kept this weapon over us constantly; then I could hear my sister say 
nurse, 44 1 have such terrible pains in my bowels.” The McEwen woman 
would answer sister and say, “Dear Mr. Marriott will take care of that.” 

She would tell sister to repeat that love was reflected in love, and to 
tell the Satan to get behind thee. I asked her how she became interested 
in Science. She told me she had a claim and that she had such a healing 
demonstration of the truth. I asked her what this sickness was, and she 
would sweetly smile and say, “Deary, we never discuss our claims with any 
one. We leave that entirely with Mother God.” I noticed her wearing very 
heavy glasses. I discovered too that she would put the glasses on when 
she was reading about her Mother God. She told me that dear Mr. Marriott 
had had a wonderful demonstration of the truth. I asked what was his 
claim. And she looked at me and smiled and closed her eyes and says, 


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‘‘Dearie, he was at one time an awful drunkard, and by the help of our 
dear leader, our Mother God, he was cured.” 

I said to her, “Mrs. McEwen, if you can heal my sister of her terrible 
sickness, why are you not able to lay aside your glasses ? ’ ’ She said, ‘ ‘ Dearie, 
it has become such a habit. ’ ’ I can hear her telling sister one lie after an¬ 
other, and yet my sister placed such trust and confidence in them. How¬ 
ever, the McEwen woman only stayed two weeks with us. Now, I can see 
why she left. As I remember her leaving our home it was very sudden. 
She said that she was waiting for a call from Dr. Marriott to be called out 
on an obstetrical case. She said, “I would not leave you but that my dear 
Mr. Marriott promised this woman that when he delivered the baby 
to this home, he would have Mrs. EcEwen read Mother God’s perfect 
baby. In sepeaking of this particular case, I later learned that it was a 
real medical physician that had delivered this Christian Science baby, 
instead of the disciple Arthur Marriott. Such a terrible disgrace to the 
decency of humanity. On pay day the McEwen woman would say to me 
“Miss Nora-Gon, if you don’t mind I will ask you for a check as I want to 
go to the bank.” Without even a word, I always gave her the money not 
in a check but in cash, as I was glad to accommodate her. My readers, I 
may frankly state to you that I would go down to the bank, draw out five 
hundred dollars in currency and at the end of ten days I perhaps would 
have a dollar or two left. It was money, money, everywhere, and yet I 
could not understand but that I was doing the right and just thing. 

They had me buy Christian Science books. She said we had to study 
each one; it was vitally important. She and Marriott would always say to 
us, “We can heal your sister of her claim if you will only trust us and 
give us your confidence. We have certain healing powers.” Then I 
could not quite understand. I cannot seal my lips any longer; it is awful; 
as I go forth in this great world of ours to stand as a living example 
of the experiences and torture which we suffered at the hand of Christian 
Science. 

Now, that my dear one has passed away, I can never hope to bring her 
back. But then I may be able to save other poor souls from the control 
and influence of these devils, and tyrants. It is not too late, my friends, 
to take a hand with me and may I ask in lieu of this dreadful tragedy 
and crime, which was perpetuated by this said Arthur Marriott, why our 
political officials are silent ? May I ask the law makers what is the reason that 
they allow this criminal at large, still practicing medicine without a license, 
and with an open office dealing out his deadly germ ? 

Another little old degenerate in the form of a woman by the name of 
Anna Sherman, was also sent to our home by Marriott, to administer her un- 


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certain healing powers. She said she had had a wonderful demonstration of 
the truth. I asked her to what claim she had been subject. She always 
evaded my question and said, “Dearie, just read more about Mother God, 
and then you will know of the wonderful healings and blessings of Chris¬ 
tian Science.” 

However, I was not thoroughly satisfied with her excuse for not an¬ 
swering me about her cure of her claim. I asked the McEwen woman, 
what the Sherman woman was cured of. I took the McEwen woman off her 
guard, and before she had a second thought, she said, “Miss Nora-Gon, she 
had always been an addict to opium and drugs.” I said to her 
‘ ‘ She looks to me as if she used the drugs now. ’ ’ 

She said, ‘ ‘ That too is a habit. ’ J Each of these woman wore the hospital 
uniform. When the Sherman woman was arrested and taken out of her 
rooming place at 9502 Euclid avenue, the officers told me that they went 
there very early in the morning and that they backed up their patrol 
wagon. They went into the house where she was rooming and said 
they wanted to see the Sherman woman. The landlady of the rooming 
house told them that it must be a mistake, that she was a Chrisian Science 
nurse. Yet the officers insisted that there was no mistake, that they had 
a state warrant for her. They asked the landlady where she was and in 
what room in the house. She told the officers that she was living in the 
third story and that her apartment was a light housekeeping one, and at 
that hour in the morning she had not as yet gotten up. The officers rapped 
on her door and yet no response. The officer in a coarse voice called out 
‘ 1 Miss Sherman, we will ask you to come to the door. ’ ’ She was then getting 
out of bed. She came to the door; the officers told her to hurry and 
dress and put on her clothes, that they wanted her to go to the 
police station for a ride. She said to the officers that she could not go 
without a cup of coffee, as it was so early in the morning. The officers told 
her she could be served with coffee when she got to the station. And yet I 
discovered a cup of coffee was given to strengthen her nerves, and she a 
Christian Science nurse. One of the officers said to me. “Why she’s only part 
of a woman; in all of our criminal records of the many thousands that 
have been brought to our station, we have never as yet taken to Warrens- 
ville workhouse such a beastly and criminal piece of humanity as she 
looked to be.” 

And yet, friends, I say that we were imposed upon by her through the 
delusion and the terrible hypnotic influence of Arthur Marriott. It 
was our case, “Blind lead the blind.” We could not understand this 
poor, little, old woman; she looked half starved. I could see the way she 
ate; with such a ravished appetite that she had had little food if any. 


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177 


My ice box was always well filled. I tried to make every meal so dainty, 
to have everything in keeping with that spiritual understanding that they 
were always telling me about. She ate three good meals daily, then 
she would go to the ice box between meals, and say, “Everything tastes 
so good, I just seem to have a wonderful appetite.” However, I told her 
to help herself, there was plenty always. I prepared the meals for my 
sister, and the Sherman woman would always say to me, “Don’t put too 
much cream in her coffee.” “Oh yes, Miss Sherman,’’ I would say, s 
“Alta has always loved cream in her coffee.” She would say, “We 
cannot baby her that way.” Then, after siste’s breakfast had been served. 

I would find the Sherman woman, down in the ice box, helping herself 
to the cream that remained in the pitcher, and I thought, “God bless you, 
poor old soul, as long as you are in my home you surely can have every¬ 
thing you want to eat.” 

She was shabbily clothed. She asked me if I had some dresses that I 
would give her. I told her as soon as I recovered from my shock. I would 
be very glad to give her clothes. The landlady where Sherman lived 
told me she hadn’t paid her any rent for months and months. She said 
she told the Sherman woman that she must have the rent for her room; 
she told her she would give her a few days to raise the amount of money. 
However, the Fourth Church of the Christian Scientists at 105th St., 
Cleveland, 0., decided they had better do a little charity work, and they 
took from their treasury, I presume, or from their members. 
The landlady told me it was over seventy dollars. She said 
the Christian Science Association paid the bill. She told the Sherman 
woman that she could no longer stay in her house. She moved to another 
place and she stayed there only a few days. They asked her to leave 
their home. She then went to another place at the residence of John C. 
Myers, 7908 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, where the landlady said that 
through pity for the poor old woman they had taken her into their home. 
She said the poor old woman was moved to her house by some man, a 
Christian Science practitioner. I inquired of the lady as to the de¬ 
scription of this man. I told Mrs. Myers, from the description she had 
given me it was the Sherman woman’s employer, Arthur W. Marriott. 
She said that she had so many cooking utensils that she brought with her, 
that the man’s car was just full of light housekeeping furniture. Mrs. 
Myers said to me and my chauffeur William, that if the Sherman woman 
woman did not pay her she surely would have to leave her house. I told 
her I thought, undoubtedly, that Marriott would see that her bills for 
her light housekeeping apartment would be forthcoming. Conditions 
had become very serious about finding a suitable home for this woman 


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with her kitchenette. If she was refused admittance to other 
homes in Cleveland she would be sent to Warrensville, the county farm. 
However, Marriott deducts a commission out of each pay envelope, when 
he assigns his nurses in the different Christian Science cases. There 
was such a confusion in my house when the Sherman woman was there. 
It just seemed that I never knew where to find a towel or napkin, although 
our home has always been fully supplied with linen. After the Sherman 
woman left our home, I went to checking up our linens. I found that 
some spirit had removed them all. After sister’s death, the Sherman wo¬ 
man claimed a diamond ring worth $2,300. She insisted that my sister 
had promised it to her. But I knew she was lying to me. At any rate I 
kept the diamond. These healers would steal any one’s clothing. While 
the Sherman woman was applying this meta-physical power in the read¬ 
ing of her numerous mother god’s books to my sister. I noticed sister’s 
hair was saturated with oil, and that her body seemed very oily-looking. 
I said to the Sherman woman, ‘‘What did you put on sister’s hair, why I 
her hair is all matted with grease!” and she said, “When you under¬ 
stand Science better, you will know what I have done.” I demanded 
the Sherman woman to answer my question. I wanted to know who had 
ordered this oil on sister’s hair and body. She looked at me very excited 
and said, “Dearie, Mr. Marriott has us anoint our patients with oil.” 
Now, after all is over, I see this anointing with oil is a product known to 
the medical profession as an assistance in massaging the body. Sister 
was crying with pain in her head, and she asked the Sherman woman 
to get the camphor bottle. I heard the Sherman woman say she could not 
have the camphor bottle, as that was materia medica. I went and got 
the camphor bottle and gave it to sister. After I had left sister’s room 
the Sherman woman took the contents of the camphor bottle and threw it 
away. 

Now, my friends, we were completely cut off from the outside world 
•during the six weeks of torture that we were under the influence of this 
hypnotism, which was administered to us through these Christian Science 
.■maniacs. One could hardly believe that our daily newspapers were dis¬ 
continued, and all we were allowed to read was Science and Health of 
Mrs. Eddy’s and a number of other Christian Science manuals and mag¬ 
azines. When I would leave the house I always left in the evening, 
(taking a short drive in the car. We would take our dear sister out for 
a ride. Then Marriott discontinued her taking these rides, he said 
he could not allow it. We were all subjects for the insane asylum. All 
we could see and hear was' Mr. Marriott’s voice presenting to us, thnt 
we were Mother God’s perfect children. I had a bull dog and the dog 


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179 


was suffering from a claim of sickness, and truly, Marriott began to treat 
(the bull dog for its claim, and in fact, the dog became very fond of 
Marriott. When Marriott would call at our home in the morning, the first 
to greet him would be the little dog. He would sit straight up by the 
side of the supreme apostle, and then he would rub the little bull dog’s 
head and repeat to him that he was just one of Mother God’s little per¬ 
fect dogs. However, the disciple gave these treatments daily to the dog. 
Also the dog became very ill, and we were compelled to send him to Dr. 
Woodard’s hospital. The doctor took the dog in for observation. Marriott 
had diagnosed the dog’s case as just mortal error, and that his mind was 
keeping the little dog from believing that he had a sickness. However, 
the dog did not seem to understand Dr. Marriott. He could not appreciate 
the strain that the gentleman was going through, with his applying 
this menta-physical treatment. Of course, while Marriott was in direct com¬ 
munication with the dog, on his daily call, the poor little fellow was 
unable to comprehend and articulate as humans do. Well, Dr. Woodard, 
the veterinary surgeon called me up on the phone and said to me, “Miss 
Nora-Gon, the little dog has not a chance to live. You are under a big 
expense here at my hospital and we do not feel that we would be doing 
right in telling you the little dog will recover. We have diagnosed 
the case, and we find the dog suffering from what possibly may be a 
tumor.” I thanked the doctor for his honesty and sincerity in not 
wanting to take my money if the dog could not live. I asked the doctor 
what he thought was the best thing to do. He said, “ He is a very sick little 
fellow.” He didn’t think that he would live through the day. I told 
him I didn’t want to see the little dog suffering, and then the doctor said, 4 ‘ I 
will give him an overdose of anesthetic, and as soon as he lapses into un¬ 
consciousness, that will mean his farewell sleep.” He said to satisfy 
the cusiosity of the doctors in the office. “I want to ask your permission 
to hold an autopsy over the dog’s body to determine just what he was 
suffering from.” He said he could not quite agree with Dr. Marriott, the 
Christian Science practitioner, that all that ailed the dog was only an 
error. However, the doctor held the inquest upon the dog’s body, and 
Dr. Woodard said, “If the dog had one tumor, he had fifty tumors; his 
little body was completely eaten up with tumors of a cancerous nature.” 
The Christian Science practitioners claim that they can heal any disease 
known to animals. 

Come forth, my political officials, I am actually breathing to you the 
facts; this is not a small issue that is involved. It does not mean a few 
Christian Science political votes, my dear sirs, it does mean that there must 
be thousands of Christian votes to overthrow these monsters. There must 


180 


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be in safe keeping a law to protect humanity from these criminals, also 
a law for better protection of the animal kingdom. Unite, my political 
advisors, you cannot do any more side-stepping; the time has come and 
who shall answer? It is not the end of a perfect day. 

After this investigation, through the association for Criminal Justice,, 
and the Chamber of Commerce, I was asked to write a letter to the 
Honorable Governor Harry L. Davis of Ohio. I laid before him the bare 
facts of the case against the so-called Christian Science Association. I 



State of Ohio 

Executive Department 


Columbus 

July 3rd, 1922 


Ur. 3. B. Norasoa, 
1969 3.81st St., 
Cleveland, 0. 

Bear Sir*. 


In the absence of the Governor, I 
am taldng the liberty of acknowledging receipt 
of your letter of June 27th. 

Please be advised that your letter 
will be brought to the attention of the Governor 
upon his return to the city. 


Very truly yours. 



told him that I thought it quite necessary that the governor of our good 
state of Ohio should exercise legal power to intervene in bringing about 
justice, in the county prosecutor Stanton’s office. I surely realized that 
the great offices of the governor of Ohio should be invited in with moral 
power to bring these Christian Science criminals to an account. I told 
him that the atmosphere in Cleveland, is charging the political officials 
here, with all sorts of rumors afloat that there was pressure being brought 
to bear in hindering the administration of justice in my case. I re- 





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181 


' SYMPATHY LED 
HER TO JOB 



WATCHJEDICS 

States' Sole Woman Medical 
Inspector in Cleveland 

Mm, Anna J. Dietrich of 634 S3. 
93d-st, is. Ohio’s only woman medical 
inspector. 

She checks op the licenses of bud¬ 
ding practitioners and.. sometimes 
she summons them to court for their 
failure to procure them. ' 

For $ight years sha/fcas been a 
state medical inspector. Before that 
^she was in welfare work. . 

"‘Thug fiends and. their woes first | 
led heir. to take up'medical inspection ( 
work. She pitied the unfortunates j 
and decided to do what she could to | 
aid -them. .. : f j 

She has scant sympathy tor med|- j 
cal practitioners who seek to hoajx | 
their patients and get their money/. I 
4 ‘My heart aches for poor people 
who are the victims/’" .she says; ;1('I 
try my best to help 'them. Yjm, >1 
suppoe* I’m still doing/ welfare 
work/’.. a i 


ANNA J. DIETRICH 



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spectfully requested therefore, that as the governor of the state of Ohio, 
he take such action as would be necessary to call the county prosecutor, 
Stanton, to a thorough investigation of this case. I realized that a 
fearless officer and governor of the state of Ohio, would not be 



















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Christian Science Exposed 


subject to county limitations. However, I told him it further developed 
that Mr. Stanton’s inaction was due to the fact that the case of the state 
of Ohio vs. Marriott, instituted in the Municipal court of Cleveland, was 
pending in the Court of Appeals, on error. Because of the pendency of 
the aforesaid case in the Court of Appeals I had done nothing further 
in the matter, but the defendant, Marriott, had dismissed his case 
in the Court of Appeals, and by his action, the judgment of the Munici¬ 
pal Court of Cleveland stands. I therefore requested that the governor 
direct County Prosecutor Stanton of Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio, 
to take some action in this case in the death of my sister regarding the 
manslaughter case, for which I thanked him in advance. 

A few days later, I received from the state of Ohio, a letter from the 
executive department, saying that the Honorable Harry Davis was out 
of the city, and on his return to Columbus, he would be very glad to 
answer my letter in detail, signed by Governor Davis’s secretary, Mr. 
Harris. 

The days grew into weeks, and no letter was forthcoming from our 
good governor. However, this correspondence was in advance of the ap¬ 
proaching election. The author has long decided that our Honorable Harry 
L. Davis was a good politician, as well as a handshaker, and thinking 
perhaps, that he might seek the nomination for the second term as the 
governor of the state of Ohio, that perhaps it would be very necessary 
for him to reserve his voice in this case, as the Christian Science Politi¬ 
cal Association might feel it necessary to say, “Get behind thee Satan.” 

The writer well realized that much pressure was being brought to 
bear upon these cases from every angle of the political wire. However, 
it is well said, “Hands off, politics.” 

* * * 


Mrs. Anna Detrick, an inspector of the State Medical Board of the 
State of Ohio, is a weak inspector, living in an atmosphere that is reeking 
with Christian Science political influence. She is strong for increasing 
trouble for the doctors; she will trail every clue that leads to the unearth¬ 
ing of a doctor, down even to his medical license. A history in her own 
making, her activities should be looked into very carefully. The State 
Medical Board of Ohio should seek an honorable and unprejudiced man 
to defeat her. It is high time that public criticism should take a hand. 
My friends, who does Anna Detrick represent—the State Medical Board 
of Ohio, or the Christian Science Trust? She has shown her weakness 
in the handling of these Christian Science state cases. 


Christian Science Exposed 


183 


A gentleman called me over the phone and told me that if I would 
form the acquaintance of Mrs. Marie G. Galleher, with offices in the Clar- 



. . . . 

WOMAN SENT TO 

LOCKUP BY COURT 

1 — 4 —. 

Investigator for Medical Board; 

Clashes With Judge. 

Mrs. Anna J; Dietrich, investigator 
for the Ohio medical board, was sen¬ 
tenced Friday to twenty-four hours in 
jail after an exchange of words with j 
Police Judge Greene, before whom she j' 
; had failed to appear as prosecuting 
? witness in a case ahe had initiated. 

< She was taken to the city lockup 
forthwith, to be released Saturday at 

2 p. m. 

When the case of Rita Ryan, mas- 
i seuse at 8655 Prospect ave., charged 
with practicing medicine without a 
: license, came up, Mrs. Dietrich, who 
- had procured the affidavit, was not 
preaent. After it had been called sev- j 
j eral times and postponed because of j 
her absence. Judge Greene ordered a ; 
capias prepared. <! 

After the noon recess, Mrs. Dietrich 
put in an appearance and to a oucry 
as to why she had been absent in the * • 
morning, answered she “had been busy 
and couldn’t be two places at once.” ! 
When warned by Judgo Greene she 
* was subject to contempt proceeding.-. 

she replied, “All right. Go ahead and 
t do it.” The sentence followed, u 


ence Building, Cleveland, Ohio, she might loan her assistance regarding 
the activities of Anna Detrick. He said he had understood that the in¬ 
spector had lost her interest in the Christian Science cases that were 


















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pending in the Police Court. I immediately took up the trail, and went 
to form the acquaintance of the Galleher woman. This is my story: 








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STATE BOARD 
LOCKED TIP 


Later Obtains Release When' 
Attorney Apologizes to 
Judge Greene for . y 

■ '..Her • . s ; 

Mrs. Anna Divtrioh, atata medical 
inspector, was sentenced to. JH Imhuu 
I n the clly jail late Friday bjt'iW&ge' 
Greene oij a contempt Of.‘'by>prj 
charge.' :5 i"; 

Mrs. Dietrich was rehaafiad -After' 
an h6Ur $nd forty mmutas la; Jail 
after a« aftertogy to Grtona laitii fieri 
attorney, Art ha'; H. Day* ■ ferine? 
said she auHrt make an apology 
person before Not.' I?. , ; 

Dietrich had railed Jib 
In m case against Mias 
u' masseuse, of 3555 t>: 

charged with practicing 
bianch of tnedielii* 'without 

by Judge and^she" __ 

ipto court shortly before 
--or the day. „Gr«nsbaidr, > 


iy been, negligent Ah thA.ppaeaeuttoti 
of yodr cases, yda.tri'qnentty fttbed 
t > Appear In case* whw* jfqur testy 
motiy is, vital to eocylcttnat Top 
are ta contempt of churl '-svjBry 'time 
you do this and'I might send yovi.ro 
Jail If 4 choose." \ •. • ' 

, "You- can't- ssted me to jail for 
that" Mrs. Dietrich Gashed back de- 
Bantiy."\ * 5 . :v 

"X was cot notified that my case 
kM to be called JUid just happened 
to drop in on other patter*. I dare 
you to send me * to jail on this 
charge,” • v «-*•: •' 

’‘Very Well, ypu may «pend v tfee 
next 24 hours- in city' ll! for''fc^n 
tempt of court."- kludge Greene-iv- 
piled. ; Vi,-j 

, Suhpena,issued 
A aubpeaa for Mr*. Dietrich baa 
been Issued, according to coert rec¬ 
ords, which shewed she had ccScnewi- 
edged service. . -• m. 

Judge Greene Mild that Mr*. Dleo 
rich had Invited hlpa to,sand, bar to 
jail and that he had ad aXtfcrturfcye 
but to accede to her frequest.-'*-• 
Judge Greene said later be would 
order Mr*. Dietrich's release if *h« 
would apologise. She tbld Greana abc 
would not, < >•, 



I located the office of Galleher. I found she was a lady attorney. I 
called on her in pretense of an important case. I wanted to retain her 
services. Everything, worked like a charm. We called at her office; I 













































































Christian Science Exposed 


185 


found her in the next office. I looked at the sign on the office door, 
and it read, 1 ‘Mrs. Miller, Christian Science Practitioner.” I went into 
the practitioner’s office. I rapped on the private consultation door. The 
Miller woman came to the door and said, “I will see you in a few min¬ 
utes, Dearie. ’ ’ 

I told her I only wanted to inquire where I would find the lady at¬ 
torney. She said, “I am giving her a treatment.” 

Just then the Galleher woman answered, “I will he with you soon.” 

We returned to the Galleher office and I introduced myself as Miss-. 

I told her that I wanted to retain her services in a very important case. 
She became very much interested. I told her that a gentleman had called 
me and said she was a friend of Anna Detrick. 

She said, “Yes, indeed, she is one of my best friends.” 

I became very much interested. I immediately told the Galleher 
woman that I had understood that Anna Detrick had arrested a number 
of the Christian Science practitioners for practicing medicine without a 
state license. She said, “Yes, Mrs. Detrick was forced into arresting them. 
But she was satisfied that through the assistance of the Detrick woman 
everything would work out in love. To my surprise, I found the Gal¬ 
leher woman a student of Christian Science. She told me she was 
studying to become a Christian Science practitioner. 

I left her office feeling satisfied with the evidence that she had given 
me. Only a few weeks before I was in her office, I was emerging from 
the Post Office building. Whom should I meet but Anna Detrick? 

She said to me in a loud voice, “You are just the one I am looking 
for.” I discovered, however, that she seemed diisturbed and very irritable. 

I felt that something was wrong. Just then the band began to play. 
The Detrick woman said to me, “I don’t thank you for going to my friends 
and talking as you did.” I said, “Who is your friend.” 

She said, “Jim Cassidy, the assistant prosecutor to Mr. Stanton.” 
She said, “There seems to have been a lot of talking.” 

I said, “Just a moment, Mrs. Detrick, I only told the plain facts to 
Cassidy.” She answered back to me and said, “You are exercising a 
great deal of authority.” 

It was the truth that hurt. Just then the Detrick woman said to me 
in a loud voice, “You are a liar.” I was almost paralyzed. I could not 
understand her attitude, as she was the one who had gotten me interested 
in all of the Christian Science cases. The tide seemed to have changed 
in only a few short hours. She and Lee Skeel, the prosecutor, knew I 
was following up the cases very closely. They knew that I was pressing 
the county prosecutor, Jim Cassidy, for action on the criminal charge 



186 


Christian Science Exposed 


t'V 



m\*,* '* m 


to which the Chamber 
a manslaughter charge 




Judge Orders Day’s Sentence 
for Failure to Testify, but i 

She is Freed in an 

N » 

Hour and Half, 


Ml*. Anna J. Dietrich* Inspector for 
the state ineclicat board, vent to Jail 1 
yesterday afternoon for a twenty-four- 
b^ur < ‘terra” but grot out after ftn hour 
and a half. . s 

Mrs. Dietrich, who resides at 634 B. 

Kid street, wa* sentenced for contempt ! 
of court by Municipal Judge Thomas j 
E, Greene, after she failed to appear 
In the trial of a woman, arrested on 
a charge of practicing medicine with¬ 
out a license- 


Judge Greene declared Mrs* Dietrich* 
had failed to appear before in several 
cases and some had to be netted* He 
told her she was liable to contempt 
charges when she failed to appear. 

''Go ahead and send me to jail," 
Judge Greene said she told him. *TI! 
bo glad to go if you want me to.” 

He mad* the entry, and she went 
downstairs into the. Central station ceil 
block. 

, An hour and a half later several of 
Mrs. Dietrich’s friends came to inter¬ 
cede, and Attorney Arthur H. Day ap¬ 
peared before Judge Greene and said 
the Inspector would. be glad to go be¬ 
fore him some time this week and make 
amends. Judge Greene made an entry 
in his docket that a motion in mitiga¬ 
tion had been gianted. and the case 
was continued to Nov. IT. 

Mr*..Dietrich dented emphatically that 
she Intended to apologise. 

"I was about to tell Judge Greene 
that I had been subpenaed *in ^common 
pleas court this morning and couldn’t 
com* in for the cave before him.” she 
said. ' But before I could explain he 
said he’d send me to jail. I think he 
found out he had made a mistake. After 
I had been in art hour a lot gf my 
friends, including seme common pleas 
court ami appellate court Judges* inter¬ 
ceded, and I was let out.” 

Judge Greene said last night that the 
case in which Mrs. Dietrich had been 
scheduled as a witness had been con¬ 
tinued twice before because the inspec- 
i tor was not present and that yesterday 
morning it had to be passed again. 

“The case was announced six time*, 
and I was told by court officers that 
Mrs. Dietrich was around the building. 
J*ater no one could And her.'* Judge 
Greene said. “She came In at 1:30 
p. m., wgbrfly after court had opened. 
ij\ the meantime. I had issued a capias 
lor her. 


*‘l don’t think it right that any wom¬ 
an charged with orfme should he kept 
In Jail so ’ tong because a witness 
Mpnnst her keeps tailing to appear 
when the case t« called. I spoke to 
Mrs, Dietrich about this, tolling her 
aha was a state offleer and ought to 
know that her presence was necessary 
when she received a subpen a. i waa 
vfctd.&t her continual delay. 

#‘Atterrtey’• Day ^represented that she 
'fbuid apologue. X. have no wish to bu- 
rglHate Me*. Dtetrteh and h«ne we 


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of Commerce had found evidence which warranted 
against Arthur W. Marriott. 





















Christian Science Exposed 


187 


I asked the Detrick woman what she intended to do regarding the 
Christian Science cases in having them advanced for trial. 

She answered, “I have washed my hands of all of the Christian 

































188 


Christian Science Exposed 


that they are spending thousands of dollars on these cases. Who’s pocket¬ 
ing the money, may I ask? 

In conclusion of my story it might not come amiss to drop a word 
of warning right here to Lee Skeel, the police prosecutor. 

The writer is extremely sensitive and determined to link up every bit 
of evidence that will arouse public curiosity as to the way the police 
prosecutor, Lee Skeel, annulled these Christian Science cases. Was there 
outside pressure of Christian political influence used? He has lately 
developed a very defiant attitude against the said author, as she was very 
persistent in her demand for social justice. This has left a bad impres¬ 
sion upon the author and the public as well. 

Who is doing his duty? Who is unlawfully defeating justice? Where 
does the burden of proof lie? Anna Detrick’s general attitude does not 
indicate the dignity of the State Medical Board of Ohio in doing what 
she has done. 

* * * 

Maurice Maschke, the republican floor leader, with offices in the Fidel¬ 
ity Mortgage Building, is a neighbor to the Christian Science criminal, 
Arthur W. Marriott. The lady author had an interview with Mr. Maschke. 
He said, “I would be very glad to assist you in such a just cause. Listen, 
my lady, I am a politician. The pinnacle on which I stand is the repub¬ 
lican party.” I said, “Your honor, sir, then you must refuse me your 
support and assistance in bringing these Christian Science criminals to 
account for this murders? Oh, please sir, won’t you help me? My sister 
was murdered at the hands of Arthur W. Marriott.” He said, “Indeed 
it embraces in its issue, the Republican administration.” I said, 
“I fully realize, Honorable Sir, that your political organization is very 
spasmodic and very temporary in its reforms of justice.” He said, “I 
believe in personal liberty.” Who has a right, sir, to maim and torture 
human beings? By your statement, Mr. Maschke, am I to understand 
that your republican organization functions through the operation of 
a criminal machine which is composed of Christian Science political in¬ 
fluence ? ’ ’ 

Mr. Charles DeWoody, the operating director of the Cleveland Asso¬ 
ciation for Criminal Justice, said, “There should be an enforcement of 
criminal law against the Christian Science outlaws.” 

The operating director of the so-called Association for Criminal Jus¬ 
tice tells the author that their association has no funds in its treasury 
for hiring attorneys. However, he suggested to me when I was plead¬ 
ing for his assistance. He voiced his sentiment very strongly and said, 
“It is a political issue which involves the republican administration.” He 


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suggested a plan wherein I should lay the case before the Honorable 
Judge Walter D. Meals, an associate attorney of Maurice Maschke, the 
personal liberty gentleman. 

I immediately conferred with the Honorable Judge, laying all facts 
before him. He told me the most effective way to obtain results in this 
great case was to write a letter to the foreman of the grand jury of 
Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio, setting forth the facts, also explain¬ 
ing to him that the Association for Criminal Justice had found evidence 
which warranted a manslaughter charge being placed against the said 
Arthur W. Marriott, the Christian Science practitioner. The Honorable 
Judge said, “It is a plain case of manslaughter and I am not quite sure 
but what it should be considered murder in the first degree. However, 
the said Marriott was in the commission of a wrongful act when he tor¬ 
tured and murdered your sister.” 

I followed the instruction of the Judge and I presented this great 
case and cited many other Christian Science murders to the foreman of 
the grandjury of Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio. However, I 
welcomed the Judg’s helpful efforts, but my friends, there seems to be 
so many preliminary hearings and secret understandings consuming the 
political procedure for justice, and I whispered to myself, ‘ ‘ Onward Chris¬ 
tian soldiers.” 

Honorable Judge, a wholesome political citizen, which embraces his 
political obligations, just what is the price of human reach? As the 
political rifle is shot, it echoes back, “Someone is playing with the fiery 
cross. ’ ’ 

Another demonstration of political influence. These are perilous warn¬ 
ings of future disaster. I have reached far over the cliff. Who is dizzy 
with Mother God’s influence? May my blessings forever rest in the field 
of hope. 

Honorable Peabody says that Mrs. Eddy claims that she could make 
a rose bloom in a snowdrift. Really, I find so many compromising condi¬ 
tions with the politicians. Perhaps someone has a sister, an auntie or 
a cousin or a friend who is prosperous in the oriental power of spiritual 
mesmerism. Truly it’s amusing. Yet, I shall seek to find hidden treasure in 
the bloom of tomorrow. 

The Christian Scientists of Cleveland publicly claim that .one of their 
main spokes in their great political organization is the Honorable Robert 
Crosser, Congressman of the State of Ohio. The author is privileged to 
say that she and her secretary had an interview with the honorable Cros¬ 
ser. We discussed the Christian Science possibilities. I am very frank 
to say when I asked the honorable congressman his ideas on the legal stat- 


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utes of the so-called Christian Science Organization, he firmly main¬ 
tained that if the State legislature of Ohio or any other state should enact 
any law giving to the Christian Science Organization a legal right to 
practice their supposed healing powers, it would mean a disaster; that 
in the shadow of this great Christian universe it would culminate in a 
great tragedy. 

I found our honorable Crosser a brilliant orator, filled with human 
emotion. He had a wonderfully convincing and piercing personality. He 
stated that there was only one creator; it was our Father God and not 
the personality of Mary Baker Eddy, as the Christian Scientists under¬ 
stand to be their Mother God. The lady author reveals this amazing story 
and probing to enlighten, to satisfy the public’s curiosity that she found 
the honorable Crosser one hundred per cent American and a Christian 
man. The Christian Science organization has so magnified upon the 
statement that the honorable Crosser was a brother of their so-called Chris¬ 
tian Science organization. They have thoroughly saturated the com¬ 
munity. They are trying to break the hearts of the world by their vicious 
and criminal methods. The country must come to its senses and protect 
humanity from these bloodthirsty criminals who talk dollars. They have 
reached the apex of their career. Surely I was impressed with my in¬ 
terview with the Honorable Mr. Crosser. He has lifted the veil of the 
mysteries of this unknown tongue of the Mother God. For every prin¬ 
cipal question that I asked the honorable Crosser, he instantly answered. 
Truly it required a wonderful mind to discover the different questions 
in the cloud of inquiries that the lady author had raised. I found the 
honorable sir a sane and whole man, A good politician. Truly he would 
not raise any objection to the Christian Science political vote. How¬ 
ever, he knows the secret of keeping silent. I discovered he had a won¬ 
derful intuition of mind. He also stated that there are more people in 
our insane asylums today, driven there through Christian Science than 
any other cause, or religion, in the world. He also stated that many of 
the Christian Science practitioners go crazy over their false belief in 
their Mother God, Mrs. Eddy. 

He says that Christian Scientists are making more money at the present 
time than they ever hoped to. The honorable Crosser was not playing 
with souls. Our former congressman, Emerson, says, that the Christian 
Science Political Organization is a very delicate operation. Now, my 
friends, it is worth while to cast an eye on these politicians that present 
a false discrimination of right and justice. My discovery of the politi¬ 
cal interest was not an accident; it came to me through shrewd and 
clever work. Honorable Burr Gongwer, of the State of Ohio, says that 


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it is a crime and a tragedy to thrust into the political campaign so 
sacred and sad a thing as death. 

Our congressman again voices his opinion when he states that he 
does not want any one to publicially voice him as quoting Mary Baker 
Eddy’s phrases. My story ends, a notable session with our congress¬ 
man. The author is the colossal figure of liberty enlightening the Christian 
world. 

* * * 

A young doctor at the Rush Medical College, Chicago, recently told 
me about a very unfortunate, and indeed, a very sad story. He said that 
one morning the hospital had received a “Hurry Up” call for the emerg¬ 
ency car. A man’s voice over the phone said, “There’s a woman dying 
in my house.” The doctor and his attendants rushed out to the street 
address in South Chicago. When they got to the house they backed up 
the ambulance. Hurrying into the house, they picked the poor crumpled- 
up body of a white woman on the floor. Rushing her to the emergency 
hospital they put her on the operating table. She soon lapsed into un¬ 
consciousness. The doctor said he was counting her pulse; all of a sudden 
there was not a beat. All was over. She was unidentified. 

The county ambulance took her to the Chicago morgue, where she lay 
upon the cold slab among the homeless and the friendless. Soon after, 
appeared a well dressed woman at the hospital and asked to see the doctor. 
She told the young physician that the colored man where the white girl 
stayed had called her over the phone, saying that the young woman had 
been taken to the emergency hospital. The doctor told her that the girl 
had died. She asked him to go to the morgue with her, and upon view¬ 
ing the young woman’s body the woman kept repeating that she was 
Mother God’s perfect child. She said that she was not dead. The doctor 
glanced quickly at her and said, “I know she is dead.” He told her that 
he was counting her pulse beats when her heart gave way. The doctor 
said to the woman, “You must be one of those Christian Science prac¬ 
titioners.” She sweetly smiled and answered, “Yes,” She said the young 
lady had been a patient of hers for a good many years. A few days later 
another call was received at the hospital for the ambulance. 

Passing the house where the doctor had found the young woman he 
noticed one of the old colored men. He stopped and called to the negro 
to come out. “I want to know just who the beautiful, white woman is 
that was taken out of your house to the hospital.” 

The old colored man said, “Cap’t, I’se goin’ to tells yo de truth. She 
belongs to a good family, but she jist fell by de wayside. I’se takin’ her 
in. Cap, dat gal, de practitioner, comes dressed up in de finest lookin’ 


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clothes and preaches dat damm Christian Science stuff. She’s de clip off 
dat ole block, suh. Dis ole prostitute is hiding under de Christian Science 
wing. Cap, I never has naw will broke faith wid yo’ po’ people; she’s 
givin’ dat other gal in my house de treatments too. Hush, Boss, listen, 
don’t thinks I’se goun crazy, but dat Christian Science practitioner is 
bad from her haid to her feets. Whens de gable comes marchin’ down 
the street she has writ dat name foreh up in heaven’s bluest place. Well, 
I’se mighty glad I’se able faw to do ma bit. It most nigh broke ma 
heart. Such terrible thing, when she reaches ovah yonda wid her Mudder 
God she’s lost in dat damn Science stuff.” 

This poor unfortunate white woman has become a woman of the 
street. The woman practitioner would not divulge the young woman’s 
name. The doctor said we had hundreds of just such cases of the Chris¬ 
tian Science practitioners, whose life had been ruined into the evil temp¬ 
tations of the free love offering in Christian Science. These poor innocent 
girls are drawn into crime by these herdsmen. A kiss from the lips of 
these serpents and they are lost. They are a prey to the reward of their 
master. Presently a voice is heard, a mutual embrace, thus they turn to 
their master through the pleadings of their wooing. They dare not bare 
their sufferings. Their inner self keeps repeating she is Mother God’s 
perfect child. Her life is in danger; she lapses into a dream; she becomes 
distracted, throws herself before the altar of the nymphs; one whispers 
scandal, she is lost. She then curses the master mind. She falls un¬ 
conscious as the hours grow dim; the nymphs have devoured her sweet 
life. 

She is held a prisoner by the shiek, the chief wooer; she then unfolds 
the false dream to a life that was sacrificed. Behold, her girlish charm 
has disappeared; all is reflected in that kindred spirit of Christian Sci¬ 
ence, a wild tragedy is enacted in that one Christ like mind. The Mother 
God’s teaching has endowed this image, this human emotion. They fall 
slaves to their Christian Science soul mates. Through this magic power 
one soon becomes a woman of the street, a prey to any man, a bitter ex¬ 
perience into the light of Christian Science. Through the fiery performance 
she becomes a prisoner of that promise something. Still another spirit ar¬ 
rives. Wicked and fascinating, and then still another inmate appears. She 
finds herself yet another slave. The men disciples become jealous suddenly. 
In a fit of anger and terror they seize her vitality. Horrible! a tragic death 
of this deadly Christian Science influence. She consents to the high life 
behind closed doors. A picture, a shadow of spirit, her beauty a sym¬ 
bol. The devil appears, forces her into submission and the evil forces 
win the day through the divine knowledge of that one mind. 


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Mingling with the Mother God’s spirit, what takes place? A drink 
from the poison cup, a sorrow, madness and frenzy they have precipitated 
into the forbidden fruit. A tale of Mother God, the charming personality, 
the man practitioner with a silver tongue. A later demand of this human 
villain, is a sacrifice of this gracious youth. It is a tableau of a real master 
mind. The poor unfortunate girl’s love has met her fate at the hand of her 
strange friend. 

This companion she cannot conceal. It is a strange secret which she has 
thrust into the pangs of hell. Who’s the next Christian Science victim 
to fall? Someone is waiting for this strange romantic promise. The rise 
of the curtain discloses the unfortunate state of being. In this sacred house 
full of mystery, who rejects the love echo? She is the victim of his passion. 
Transformed into the lovely garden of the fragrant rose of yesterday, 
scattering about the dainty spirits. The young woman has fallen in the 
dream while still some one was singing, ‘ ‘ All is love. ’ ’ This beautiful 
girl falls asleep in that apartment of Christian Science, a slave. The door 
opens, a polished disciple is waiting. Silence. His vengeance is swift. 
A veil of mystery shrouds the past to which this beautiful woman falls a 
Science victim. Fate. 

* ..■ * 

I, the lady author, entered Monsieur Coue’s clinic at the New Amster¬ 
dam Hotel, Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. I was greeted very beauti¬ 
fully by Monsieur Coue’s sponsor, Mrs. Abbott. When I gained my ad¬ 
mittance into the home circle, I found four other wondering females. 
The meeting was called to-order, just like any other well formed society. 
The general took her chair behind a card table. She placed a piece of 
cardboard on the table. On this she made a round circle. She used the 
letters A and B and C and B. She took a lead pencil and tied a piece 
of wrapping cord to the end of the pencil; then she tied a little round 
ring of green to the end of the string. I was the subject upon whom she 
demonstrated. She looked up at me and smiled pleasantly and said, 
“I want you to please demonstrate the truth of this pencil.” I kindly 
assigned myself to the Coue. The madame looked at me again and said, 
“Now, lady, I want you to think of one of the letters that I have placed 
upon the table.” She said, “First, before we start, I want you to hold 
the pencil perfectly quiet. By following these directions your mind will 
think for itself and then you will stop the ring just where you want to.” 
I smiled and said, “Madame, won’t you please let me choose my let¬ 
ters?” “Well,” she said to me, “Repeat just as fast as you can, A B, A B, 
A B, A B, A B, now try repeating as fast as you can again, C B, C B, 
C B, C B, C B,” she answered, “all through? Fine, fine.” She glanced 


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at me sweetly and said, “That was a wonderful demonstration of Mon¬ 
sieur Coue. Now, won’t you please hold your hands tight together and 
say, ‘I can’t, I can’t, I can’t, I can’t open my hands.’ ” She again 
smiled and said, “This is another wonderful demonstration of the truth.” 

“Poor soul,” thought the author, “Monsieur Coue certainly has hyp¬ 
notized and duped this poor woman in every way and every day.” My 
readers, I found the madame a very stout and coarse-appearing woman. 
Really, there was not even a mark of dignity about her and as I gazed at the 
other poor anxious souls, one of them looked up and said, “I am so thank¬ 
ful to be here in this meeting. I have been helped spiritually by Mon¬ 
sieur Coue’s teachings every day; in every way I am getting better and 
better.” Poor soul, I realized that she was laboring under the false teach¬ 
ings of this Frenchman. This society seemed to be very strange to me, 
truly, I could not link any intelligence whatever. However, the madame 
began to explain how she was able to get Monsieur Coue to America. In 
fact, she was the main spoke in the wheel. She said America was so 
hungry for the spiritual truth. She stated how she managed the Mon¬ 
sieur Coue’s Cleveland Clinic. Well, this is the way she said she did. 
She went to the Woman’s Club, trying to interest them in selling three 
thousand dollar’s worth of tickets. Besides, the madame said Monsieur 
Coue had wired her from New York that she would have to assure him 
twelve hundred dollars for expenses. This, my friends, was besides the 
three thousand dollars gate receipts. 

She stated that the Woman’s Club was not interested; so she went to 
the Cleveland Advertising Club, at Hotel Statler. The club took on the 
Coue proposition; they donated two hundred and fifty dollars toward 
the ball room. The advertising club, through the assistance of the Cleve¬ 
land newspapers, sold the three thousand dollars worth of tickets. Madame 
Abbott gave to each of the Cleveland newspapers fifty dollars worth of 
tickets. She said everything worked perfectly, beautifully, in the exchange 
of money over mind. In every way and every day someone is Hooied. 
The author said if anyone had a new ism, surely the Cleveland news¬ 
papers will advance the cause into the realms of Cleveland. Moses Cleve¬ 
land says, “Are there any more Monsieur Coue’s?” Can’t demonstrate 
the truth without that dollar, that dollar. I now bid farewell to the 
little Frenchman in every day, in every way. 

Christian Science, by its principal declaration of the first message, 
visualizes the future and actual passive message. These practitioners 
give the mental impression that one can live in Mexico, and a Christian 
Science practitioner in Cleveland can connect with Mexico City by deliv¬ 
ering absent treatments. 


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If some one has a poor dog suffering, his influence could become 
realized at the other end of the wire by applying his favorite demonstra¬ 
tions of the truth. One’s emotions may easily be excited by this 
hypnotic suggestion. Really, it has become very contagious. They tell 
one, of the beautiful exhibitions, of the supreme happiness, prosperity, 
and love, and health. It’s a terrible punishment. My readers, I would 
suggest that one go out to the insane asylum at Newburg and check up the 
poor suffering people who are hopeless from the teachings of Christian 
Science. This Hindu sleep is employed especially by the Christian Sci¬ 
ence producers. Plenty of gaiety in their life. It is this twentieth cen¬ 
tury visualizing of abundance of the spiritual understanding, love, pros¬ 
perity, health and happiness. 

Truly, my story breathes to the world the very atmosphere of blas¬ 
phemy, I have decorated it with exquisite taste. I have portrayed the 
very spirit as they become infatuated with this free gaiety of life of 
Mother God’s perfect child. Each gloating eye has a vicious understand¬ 
ing. They capture the birds with the golden plumage. When under the 
hypnotic spell, one becomes their precious captive. The escape is hard. 
After the evil power of this hypnotic sleep is broken, these evil followers 
dance madly until they are overcome with exhaustion, the keynote of 
that nothing, Christian Science. One is dazed with the malicious lies and 
promises; a perfect performance within itself. 

After anyone understands, it is easy to learn their sleight of hand per¬ 
formance, these magnets who direct this hypnotic incurable power of 
this dream. They are applied to one like an electric current; it pen¬ 
etrates the poor body. “Who will lengthen the human life of this false 
illusion?” The next text I want to emphasize is—“let the churches take 
up the commission of Christ and disregard the political church talk; the 
churches can produce what no other organization can do in this great 
universe. They can produce the light of evil in helping to destroy this 
master mind of the supposed Christian Science religion.” 

I noticed in the Globe newspaper of Toronto, Ontario, of Wednesday, 
January 31, 1923, where a woman was refused aid of a doctor; acute 
peritonitis killed the patient. She was told that she could rely on her 
Christian Science treatment. The paper states that Miss Kate Cornfold, 
aged 29 years, came to her death at the hands of Douglas Spenser, a 
Christian Science healer. After her death Dr. James Oliver was called 
to sign the death certificate. He refused; then her body was turned 
over to the county. An inquest was held, and Douglas Spenser, the Chris¬ 
tian Science healer was charged with manslaughter. An autopsy dis- 


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Mr. Britton Foster Criticises 
Comment of "Some 
Medical Doctors" 

Mr. S. Britton R. Foster, on be¬ 
half of the Christian Science Com¬ 
mittee on Publication for Ontario, 
vsrites Th6'Globe concerning its re¬ 
port of the inquest dp; the death of 
the late Mias r Kate Cdrrifold at Ham¬ 
ilton. -as 

“Tour: issue of last; Wednbsaay 
contained a news ; .aocQUpt t>f a wom¬ 
an in Hamilton p&sfAg away under 
Christian Science treatment, and the 
publicity given this repbH jfallflf' for 
a correction- 

jury was quite fjSir and impartial in 
stating that her life xplght,^aye Veeb 
| spared by other treitttibht^bbt thb- 
‘i comment of some* medlc&EdoetbfsH^ 
a very small number, I ,am sure;— 
was hot so graplque- ttqrV 
disinterested, as w 

when they seem stirred to say that 
a 3&w should be 

people with medical, ajtd eurtfi&T^Hs 
^Tentibh. '7 ;Thls needs a kindly but 
h dignified reminder of the m%ny dis* 

I - appolfttrft'febta. In' medical, 

’ “May I point out that this medical 
comment la 'but an echo .from the 
persecution which Christian Scieh- 
, tists had tfo meet some 40.pr 50 years 
i ago. This’was unavailing and has 
1 long sine© practically ceased, be¬ 
cause the- globe-encircling growth of 
Christian Science has been phenom- 
! enal, and today there is. hardly 1 a 
# city, town pc, rural road where there 
to 

ents of “ 



of God 
tian Science. 

Supports Drugless Treatment. 

“Recent American statistics show 
that 18 per cent, pf theli* patients 
die under medical attention, white 
only '3 per cent, under Christian 
Science, and this in spite of the fact 
that many come to Christian Science 
as a last resort, having been aban¬ 
doned as hopeless by the medical 
profession. In a London (Ont.) 
newspaper, on Januatyd.8^appeared 
♦ *»«. Jv.iinwtnfe-- "The srreat world-l*v 


wido outbreak of influenza a few J 
years ago left some interesting sta- j 
tisUcs thajt went to show in a graphic 
manner the benefits accruing from 
drugless treatment in this particular 
disease. One out of every 16 treated 
by medical doctors died; on§ out or 
every 513, treated by Christian ScK 
enlists died.’ 

“ ‘Man’s extremity is God s oppor¬ 
tunity’ is a uniformly accepted tru¬ 
ism. This extremity is always the 
result of relying on the carnal mind, 
which ‘is enmity against God,’ and 
consulting only ‘the wisdom of this 
world (which) Is foolishness with 
God" Ask a- srrtckerr^raree if dis¬ 
ease is less prevalent, less insistent, 
less fatal, because of the centuries 
of education in the use of material J, 
remedies, and the answer, if truth- f 
ful,'wlll be a universal ‘No!’ Dis-I 
eases are as mysterious and baffling f 
as dver to material systems of heal¬ 
ing. Faced with this accuracy, the 
broad-minded men. in the medical 
profession—and there are many of 
.them—i-have -ceased to oppose and 
now recommend Christian Science to 
their patients' when they can do 
nothing more for them. The time 
is rapidly coming when the science 
of God’s spiritual healing will be 
found, not second, but first, in the 
hballng practi.be of all men. Many 
doctors, comparing the efficaqy of 
both healing methods, .and having 
vpatArriounfc in mind the good of hu- 
r mahity, have become successful 
Christian Science practitioners. 

’Seising Stones Amid Glassware, 
f “Kindly allow me to digress and 
Hxr throwing stones' 
r Where" considerable glaBs. is in evi¬ 
dence. It is comihon knowledge— 1 
so common that no elaborate com- 
' jariSUt is necessary—that many pa- \ 
die from wrong medical diag- { 
ffilccumb -although ) 
the operation was successful.’ Then [. 
it is a little unkind on the part of a ^ 
few m’edlcal men to 'take so much ^ 
capital out of the failure of * 
a student of Christian Science ( 
to demonstrate i: full confidence 
in Qod-- To His own disciples 
Jesus said, when they failed to heal 
a case, ‘O ye pf little faith!’ Un¬ 
belief—the human element—lack of 
faith In God, lack of Understanding 
His divine science—Christian Sci¬ 
ence-!—is the only 6ause : of failure. 
‘God faileth not.’ 

In concluding, may I trust, sir, 


F ' that this will correct the wrong lm- j 
pression given by a growing unpopu- j 
lar method of attacking Christian j 
Science.” 


closed the fact that the young woman’s appendix was ruptured, causing 
the peritonitis of which she died. 

Another case just recently occurred in Kansas City, Mo. A father was 


























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found guilty of manslaughter, because of the death of his child, in his failure 
to provide medical attention. The court charged to the jury that the 
father’s religious belief was no defense, and that Christian Science was 
responsible for the child’s death. The father had a practitioner by the 
name of George Harvey, an engine driver. He anointed the child with 
oil and prayed over the poor little victim, Mother God’s perfect child. 
Another case in Indiana; a little boy died from the effects of the divine 
healing. His father was charged with manslaughter. He neglected to 
provide medical help for the child. 

There was another case in New Jersey, in which a father was charged 
with manslaughter for failing to provide medical treatment; he 
administered to his son only Christian Science, Mrs. Eddy’s prayer hook. 

Salem Hart, Jr., a Cleveland Christian Science practitioner and healer, 
administered his absent treatments to a poor little boy that was sick, an 
adopted son of Frank Engelhart and Minnie Engelhart. The foster par¬ 
ents believed in Mother God’s treatments and they secured the services of 
Salem Hart, Cleveland’s apostle, for which the foster parents, and Salem 
Hart, the Christian Science practitioner, were arrested. The case was 
tried in Judge Adams’ court; the State of Ohio contended that the child’s 
foster parents, as well as the Christian Science practitioner, Salem Hart, 
should be punished for the apostle’s treatment. The child is a hopeless 
cripple. The accused carried the case to the Court of Appeals on error. 
Now the case has gone to the Supreme Court of Ohio. 

A poor victim, a woman by the name of Mrs. Martin, who had just 
recently died at the hands of Christian Science, went into the home of 
Mr. and Mrs. 0. J. Gross, Jewish people who live at 14714 Clifton Boulevard, 
Lakewood, Ohio. While she was there the man and wife, practitioners, 
gave her this Christian Science treatment. When she became worse they 
called in Mrs. Goodrich, a Christian Science practitioner, who is the sec¬ 
ond reader in the Christian Science church at Lakewood. This woman’s 
condition became very serious and they tried another healer by the name 
of Mrs. J. G. Seltsam, office at 1200 Marlowe Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio. Then 
a man practitioner was called in for consultation by the name of Mr. 
Blackest with offices in the Buckley Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Also they 
had the attendance of three Christian Science nurses, and yet they could 
not nurse her back to life. The neighbors said that this poor soul was 
tortured to death by this criminal band of healers. 

I j.ust met a woman from Akron, Ohio, who told me that Arthur W. 
Marriott had delivered a number of Christian Science babies lately. He 
has a wonderful understanding of the truth. 

It is a- disgrace that this quack should be called a human being. The 


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old colored man said, “Ie bet I’d sed that practitioner, Marrott, befo. 
He comes a-swinging down the street all dressed np in de rich men’s 
cloths; de day ain’t far away, I know there is de land of glory; when this 
Christian Science practitioner man reaches ovah yundah he’s a raskel 
I’se believe it when I ses him in hell I’se sing Hallalua, hallalua. ” 

On January 29th, 1923, the East Cleveland police, with their nurse, 
went out to the home of Albert Crehore, living in the Noble Apartments, 
East Cleveland. They were informed that a woman was danger¬ 
ously ill and temporarily deranged. The husband of the woman would 
not permit her to have a doctor; so he called Miss Agnes B. Slaymaker, 
a teacher in the Cleveland public schools, also a Christian Science prac¬ 
titioner, with offices in the Osborn Building, to treat this poor sick woman 
with Mother God’s books. The woman’s nerves were such that she could 
not comprehend the meaning of Christian Science. No one was permitted 
in the house to see this woman; her husband stayed with her during the 
day time and at night he sought pleasure in the pool room, and other 
worldly entertainment. 

A few days later C. B. Stannard, the sheriff of Cuyahoga Comity, 
Cleveland, served a warrant on Albert, the husband, in an action to de¬ 
termine the matter of inquest of lunacy. 

Dr. Haldeman, who wrote, “In the Light of the Holy Scriptures,” 
says that Christian Science is a false teacher. 

Christian Science comes in sheep’s clothing. 

It comes in the name of Christ, talks Christ, invites the sons of men 
to Christ, and calls itself Christian; but inwardly, it is really and 
truly in its essential character a ravening wolf and not a sheep of 
Christ. 

It is a wolf, concealing its teeth until the deceived soul is within its 
grasp. 

It is the wolf that would enter the fold of the Good Shepherd, tears 
His sheep and devours them. 

It is the most fearful religious peril of the hour. 

It is time that Christians awoke. 

It is time that Christian teachers ceased their attitude of quasi fellow¬ 
ship and recognition; ceased speaking in terms of commendation of the 
good which some of them are pleased to find within it. 

It is time they dealt with it as it deserves, and as responsibility to 
souls demands. 

It is time they revealed its fearful outlines, its terrible outcome, by 
pouring the full flood-light of Holy Scriptures upon it. It is a shadow 
of anti-Christ. 


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Christian Science denies the necessity of marriage as the basis of gen¬ 
eration. 

Christian Science denies that motherhood is the highest privilege of 
a wife. 

Christian Science denies the efficacy and value of prayer. 

Christian Science handles the Word of God deceitfully by quoting its 
doctrines and changing their intent. 

Christian Science denies death. 

Christian Science denies that Jesus ever had a real body. 

Christian Science denies that Christ died for our sins. 

Christian Science says marriage is a legal and moral and temporary 
provision which must be tolerated for the present, because we have not as 
yet learned that God is the Father of all and when we attain this thought 
of our Mother God there will be no demand for marriage laws. In a 
word, marriage must go. 

Marriage will then be done with and people will form a more spiritual 
adherence to Common Law. 

Mrs. Eddy discouraged marriage among her followers, though she prac¬ 
ticed it liberally herself, and in spite of the fact that she gives some good 
advice on the subject of marriage, she lays the axe at the very root of 
the tree, in her free love offering and thinking. 


* ■* * 


Mark Twain says that Mrs. Eddy was the soverign that devised the 
great place for herself. She occupied that throne. 

In 1895 she wrote a little primer, a little body of autocratic laws, called 
the Manual of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, and put those laws 
into force permantly. Her government is all there; all in that deceptively 
innocent-looking little book, that cunning, little, devilish book, that slumber¬ 
ing little brown volcano, with hell in its bowels. In that book she had 
planned out her system, and classified and defined its purpose and powers, 
which she claims is her constitutional right as a religion. 

The court's decision: a question was asked of the court: What was 
the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision in the case where a 
man indicted for the crime of polygamy set up the defense that the con¬ 
stitution guarantees religious freedom and he had married two wives ac¬ 
cording to a religious ceremony and under religious sanction? 

Answer 

The court held that religion had only to do with the relations of man 


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to “an extra-mundane being,” and that no citizen can claim a right in 
the name of religious freedom to violate a criminal statute. 

In following the Mother God’s teachings, Mrs. Eddy, all female Chris¬ 
tian Science practitioners are chattels of the men practitioners. She refers 




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.alienation 




SAY. HEALER HUGGED 
WIFE OF PLAINTIFF 

Witnesses Declare Christian 
Science Official Took Woman 
on Long Auto Trips. 


COUNSEL SEES^CONSPIRACY 


Corespondent In Osterhoudt Divorce 
Suit Also Defendant in $100,000 
Alienation Action. 


Special to -The New York Tiouts. 

WHITE. PLAINS. N. Y.. April 18.- 
Durlng the trial ,of the divorce, suit of 
Harold D.. Osterhoudt against Mrs. Har- 
ri/Bt H. Osterhoudt, before Supreme 
Court Justice ^Ortcha.trser, h$re today,' 
testimony, was introduceaf^hat /WilHjs 
Vernon . Cole. • former reader find now 
a healer of the Christian Science 
Church? had <aken -Mrs. Osterribudt on, 
automobile ^trlps-tit rough N&W Jersey, 


Twe^.cKxfr^ 
Mabhat tanf't^en 
husband i 
4yr.lt was ahnoyru 
^counsel fof’jfte' 1 
is 


She • 

•Weod, 
peared 

get money irwja bis cjliat *' He cross 
examined all .the .fitnesses. 


The plaintiff is manager Of Ilanan & 
Sons shoe store in Fifth Avenue. He 
testified he was married to the defendant 
at St. George. Staten Island. Nov. 20. 
1007, and that he now lives at J26 
Vernon Avenue, Yonkers. ■ 

Harry Lane of 411 East Tw en ty-ninth 
Street, Manhattan, testlfied!*that from 
May, 1021V to October, ■ 1622. he had 
worked in the evenings as an accountant 
for Cole at an office he one time main¬ 
tained at 30 East Fortieth ‘Street, and 
then at Cole's office suite In Fifth Ave¬ 
nue. He said he frequently saw Mrs. 
Osterhoudt in Cole's office at night, and 
that Cole used him aS a chaperohe ■when 
he took Mrs. Osterhoudt on automobile 
trips to road houses at Larchmont and 
Mamaroneck. 

"Why did you go along?" Meriill 
asked the witness. 

" Because Mr. Cole sold he was a 
reader in the Christian Science Church 
and he wanted me to act as chaperone," 
was the reply. 

The witness said that Cole and Mrs 
Osterhoudt danced until late at night 
and generally rode back to Cole's Fifth 
Avenue office. ✓ 

" In June, 1922. what was the relation¬ 
ship between Mr. Cole and Mrs. Oster¬ 
houdt? ’* Lane was asked. 

" They were crazy about each oilier," 
the witness .replied. 

" No. no," interposed Justice Mor- 
schauser. " Tell us what you saw them 
6o.’ r 

"They dearied and dollied, hugged 
and kissed each other in the presence 
of the chauffeur and myself, in the auto¬ 
mobile and in his office," the witness 
answered. 

In June, 1922, the'witness said he rode 
with C<Jre and Mrs. Osterhoudt to the 
Cole residence at Mamaroneck, where 
they hkd. a house party. He said they 
all had. prinks of gin and orange juice, 
and thatVMr. Cole told him he was in 
trouble with Mrs. ‘ Osterhoudt and did 
Act'know what to do. .The witness said 
fhat wltsh he. told Cole he ought to 
mArry Mrs*. Osterhoudt, Cole Aaid that 
W# Wif6 had obtained a separation and 
that he had already pid her $10,000 on 
Odoupt' if; alimony. Lane testified that 


V^btv.the following morning he saw Mrs. 
.Oxtjerbpiidt dressed in a khnona, and 
'that.'ahe, ame out of Cole’s room. 
•;4Scne*t ^erby. Gilmore, negro chauf- 
ifiy employed by Cole, told of 
Cole and Mrs. Osterhoudt ori 
^Trrpfc to Philadelphia, Long 
Parti and other resorts 
imrner of 1922. Asked' if he 
a kiss Mrs. Osterhoudt, the 
. id-. . \ 

..“•'’I saw theni kissing and 
—. r . V‘- mpeh- that it became a joke 

.to- meVUt 'Was going on .all the time Tn 
the automobile and outside'." 

The trial will be^contlnued tomorrow. 






very remotely to immorality. They are preys to the seducers of woman¬ 
hood. 

Who is developing this political machine as a protector? There’s a 
great secret administration; who’s the emperor? Christian Science has 



















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made a very vigorously stupendous growth, a wonderful expanding of 
the truth. The question yet to be answered is: “Who will purify this odi¬ 
ous and evil condition?” The tribes are well organized, they hold a 
premium on these gift soul mates. 

Honorable Frederick W. Peabody, LL. B., of Boston, Mass., in his 
book called “The Religio-Medical Masquerade,” says: 

As Mrs. Eddy follows the Saviour: 

‘ ‘ By faking a revelation from God ? By stealing the ideas of another 
and ascribing them to God’s voice in her private ear? By putting on the 
cloak of religion in order to pick the pockets of those whose hands are 
clasped in prayer? By copyrighting a “religion,” and suing those who 
infringe her copyright? By fixing, under the pretended guidance of 
God, upon the extortionate sum of three hundred dollars for twelve les¬ 
sons in “the divine power that heals”? By invoking the aid of the 
courts to compel poor creatures to pay her, at the rate of twenty-five 
dollars per hour, for telling them of God and His Christ? By organizing 
a church in which membership is made dependent upon activity in the 
sale of her puerile and profitable wares? By denouncing as vile de¬ 
bauchery the sweetest and purest and noblest relation of men and women? 
By declaring the children, in whom our souls delight, to be the offspring 
of “legalized lust”? By refusing to put forth her professed God-like 
power to soothe any pain, even that of the sister she loved, to save any 
life, even that of her own grandchild? By constituting herself the verit¬ 
able autocrat of the Bedlamites and reigning with despotic sway over 
the multitudes of her self-abased dupes? By never telling the truth, 
unless there was money in it, and never hesitating at a lie that would 
add one simple soul to the number of her victims or one soiled dollar to 
her bulging exchequer? By living a life of unvarying deception and un¬ 
cleanness and professing, with eyes rolled heavenward, to be “as pure 
as the angels”? By seeking, with Satanic zeal and hatred, the destruc¬ 
tion of her fancied enemies, through the attempted mental inflictions of 
disease and suffering and death? 

As Mrs. Eddy follows the Saviour? 

Not thus, not thus, 0 Saviour of mankind! not thus have followed 
in the royal road which thou hast trod, ages of worshippers! And again 
he quoted: “The Mary Baker G. Eddy, who in speaking of a woman she 
disliked, savagely exclaimed, “I’d like to tear her heart out and trample 
it under my feet”! Who, at Lynn, because of her abuse of her husband 
and violent outbursts of temper, was known as the “She devil”; who, 
four years after the time of her pretended selection by God for a divine 
mission, being denied hospitality she had abused in the Wentworth houses 


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hold at Stoughton, left in a fury of passion after having with obvious 
intent, put live coals from her stove upon a heap of newspapers in the 
closet ; who figured first as a spiritualist medium, giving public seances 
for money and later as a president of a bogus medical college issuing 
illegal degrees; who unfeelingly abandoned the only child horn to her, 
and looked unflinchingly upon the detached heart of her deceased hus¬ 
band; who has become the champion fraud and imposter of the age; 
who in the livery of heaven has for forty years wrought in the direct 
interest of hell, this Mrs. Eddy, the self-constituted representative with 
Jesus of the immaculate idea! this woman and the immaculate Jesus 
mentioned in the same breath!” Page 54. 

Introducing 

Mrs. G. J. Seltsam, 1200 Marlowe Ave., Lakewood, Ohio. 

Phone, Lakewood 7630. Office at residence. 

The writer congratulates herself on having the direct pleasure of 
interviewing Mother God’s perfect child. She is indeed a wise spirit, rec¬ 
ognized authority in Christian Science knowledge which opens the treasure 
of her highest ideals. This distinguished lady was of a high powered value 
to w 7 hich she advanced the spark. It was a more wonderful demonstration 
than I had ever met within my human intelligence. In fact my visit proved 
as a valuable investment and profit to me in my new book. I became es¬ 
pecially interested in this divine spirit girl. I spent perhaps three quarters 
of an hour in forming the acquaintance of Lady Seltsam. 

Her phone seemed to ring every other minute; some poor soul was 
seeking absent treatment. I noticed that when she answered the phone 
her expression seldom changed. Always that dear sweet Christian Science 
smile; I would hear her tell her patient not to go out into the cold, know 
the truth and keep out of the supposed draft with her claim again re¬ 
peating to her that all is divine love. She kept declaring the ever presence 
of Mother God, she said, “Good-by, dearie,” and hung up the receiver. 

Yet another patient calls up. The madam says, “Hello, dearie, how 
are your eyes today? You will be better of your claim soon; remember 
the presence of our Mother God and all is love. Good-by, dearie.” 

Here’s where the writer begins to decide that someone must be suffer¬ 
ing from a claim of poor eyesight; perhaps her vision might return if the 
madame’s absent treatments penetrated her brain. 

I found her home very beautiful indeed. All was in well keeping of 
that divine thought. Really, I was paralyzed with emotion, perfectly 
fascinated. She said to me, “How long have you been in science?” 

I assured her for some time. 


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She sweetly smiled at me and said, “You are surely ready to demon¬ 
strate the truth of your demonstrative powers.” 

My friends, this meant for me to take some poor soul’s life in my own 
hand. It was thoroughly understood that I was all power in the divine 


Basement Church, Full 
Size Now, Ready to Open 





LAK£M>OD rVftST CmuRCW OF CwQ!5T- §CierviTi5T 

--— : - 


Lakewood Scientists to Dedi¬ 
cate New Structure at 
Three Sunday Services. 

The completed suoerstrucfcure of the 
First Church of Christ, Scientist, at 
Detroit and Arthur aye., Lakewood, 
will be opened ,to the public Sunday 
with three services, in the moining, 
afternoon and evening. * 

For eight years the basen^ent of the 
church building lias been used as a 
place of worship as well as a Sunday 
school room while -the congregation 


raised funds to complete the structure 
The new building, which cost approxi¬ 
mately $300,000, including the thye- 
manual organ, is of classic design on 
the Doric order. It is of steel and 
concrete construction vrith Indiana 
Bedford N steme exterior. 

The auditorium seats 1,200 and, 
when remodeled, the basement, which 
is to be used in the future exclusively 
as a .Sunday school room, will have a 
capacity-of 1,000, 



mind. I asked the madame how long she had been in the practice of 
Christian Science. With her sweet voice she answered, “Deary, eighteen 
years. ’ ’ 

She told me she devoted her entire time to healing the poor hopeless 
cripples. I had discovered that Mother God’s love and principle had 





















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demonstrated so beautifully the supply of money as she was so prosper¬ 
ous looking. She said she helped to build the First Christ Science Church 
of Lakewood. She had been able to build it upon a sound financial founda¬ 
tion. When she started her church, she said she only had twenty-six 
people and that today in her church the auditorium would seat twelve 
hundred poor, anxious, hungry souls. She informed me that she was a 
director of her church. I felt quite acquainted with the queen. As the 
hour was growing late I was taking my departure, when some poor soul 
was entering her home for treatment. I discovered the lady spirit was 
very anxious for us to leave, as all her treatments are given privately. 

She seemed a very business like woman. My readers, you will appreci¬ 
ate the wisdom of my review. Never in my life had I experienced such 
a thrill of the divine truth. Truly, I wish to express my thanks for the 
deep appreciation of the public in listening to the true condition of Chris¬ 
tian Science, the golden age of opportunity. I have given the concrete 
facts. This spirit blush is making her bread and butter out of human 
life. She daily deals out her mental suggestion. A very unusual claim 
of the beautiful understanding of the truth. 

Only a few days ago I met a woman who told me her mother died 
with cancer and that she had a woman practitioner by the name of Mrs. 
Harding, who read to her dear one, that her claim was only a delusion of 
the mind and error. Her mother died; the woman practitioner demanded 
pay. They were indeed very poor people. The practitioner said she 
would accept the girl’s mother’s clothes in payment of her bill, to which 
the daughter consented and gave her the clothes. 

My friends, who will join me in saving the lives of humanity? 

I shall not bum my records for the day, and while I wake I shall rise 
to fight again. My precious days have passed into yesterday. While I lend 
my pen, each knock is a little boost. I shall turn my pages into the past 
and continue on in my review. My sins shall be forgiven as I pin my 
faith and trust in God. 


On March 28, 1923, the lady author and her secretary made a call on 
Dr. R. W. Williams, with offices at 2700 W. 25th St., Cleveland, Ohio. 
We were sent to call on the doctor by a number of his so-called Christian 
Science friends. The Christian Science practitioners do claim that Dr. 
Williams is their safety valve in all of their vicious criminal methods. 
The Christian Scientists claim that Dr. Williams, a physician, had been 
healed of a terrible disease through Christian Science, and that he only 
holds himself to the public as a doctor for the sole purpose of the Chris- 


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tian Science protection; that in cases where the practitioners murder their 
patients and death results, some legalized doctor has to sign their death 
certificate for which they fully rely upon Dr. Williams. Now, my friends, 
I am going to give you the true statements regarding the doctor’s said 
activities with the so-called Christian Science Association. My secretary 
and I were wonderfully received by Dr. Williams. I told the doctor that 
we were sent to his office to get acquainted with him and that we were 
interested in Christian Science, and that the Cleveland Christian Sci¬ 
entists were very anxious for me to become a prosperous practitioner 
in the city of Cleveland. Everything worked to our advantage with the 
doctor. I told the doctor that I had understood that he had had a won¬ 
derful healing through Christian Science. He said, “Yes, indeed, I did 
have, although I am a doctor.” However, the doctor stated that during 
the war he was an officer and he was stationed in the camp at Chil- 
licothe, Ohio, on the medical staff. However, he said that the army reg¬ 
ulations were such that the soldiers in the camp were all under quarantine 
because of some contagious disease, and the doctor said he felt that the 
Christian Science practitioners should not be excluded from the camp, 
and that he helped to get the Christian Science practitioners through 
the barracks to administer their Mother God treatment. He said that 
where the money was made nowadays was in the Christian Science field. 
He said that he had just been out all night on a C. S. ease. I became 
interested as well as my secretary, and we both asked the doctor what he 
meant. 

He said he delivered a Christian Science baby and that there were 
only two hospitals in the city of Cleveland that would allow the Christian 
Science practitioners and nurses to stay in the hospital with the patient. 
He stated they were the Lutheran hospital and the Fairview hospital. 
He said when he took his patients there, for the babies’ delivery, Mrs. 
G. J. Seltsam of 1200 Marlowe Ave., Lakewood, a Christian Science 
practitioner, and a sister-in-law of Dr. Skeel of Cleveland, Ohio, always 
practiced with him. I asked him just what he meant by this and he said 
that he always called on Mrs. Seltsam, the Christian Science practitioner, 
for her help as a practitioner and nurse. He stated that the hospital 
would always put an extra cot in the patient’s room wherein Mrs. Seltsam 
could stay nights. In this way they worked together. He said he was 
very anxious for me to meet his friend, Mrs. Seltsam, as she would be of 
such an assistance to me in my Christian Science practice and that he 
would be very glad to co-operate with me in it. That he could loan me 
a great deal of assistance, and I could, in turn, work with him to a great 
advantage. 


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The doctor said to me that he would give me a tip as I was a stranger 
in Cleveland, and he wanted to assist me in the great field of Christian 
Science opportunity. That he knew that I would want to select my pa¬ 
tients in my practice. He explained to me that it would be well worth 
my while to pick the people for my healing flock with the wealth, as 
people with money would give me any price. 

Upon my inquiry, Dr. R. W. Williams told me that in case of death of my 
patients that he would fix up the death certificates for the undertaker. 
I asked him why is was that we practitioners had to have a doctor sign 
the death certificate of our patients. In answer to this question he stated 
to my secretary and myself, that the Christian Science organization 



would have to have a greater political machinery in the Legislature of 
Ohio to obtain this privilege. I asked the doctor that in case any 
interference of law should occur what I should do. The doctor informed 
us that he would take care of this, and that we could leave it to him. 

The doctor was very anxious for us to form the acquaintance of his 
friend, Mrs. G. J. Seltsam and he wrote Mrs. Seltsam’s address down on 
his own stationery and in his ow r n hand writing which verifies our state¬ 
ment regarding the doctor’s alleged connection with the Christian Science 
practitioner, Lady Seltsam. 

I asked the doctor where he attended church. He informed me that 
he attended Mrs. Seltsam’s church, The First Church of Christ Science, 
















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Lakewood, and that his wife was a member of Mrs. Seltsam’s church. 
Now, my readers, this is the true story that my secretary and I found 
through our investigation of Dr. R. W. Williams, M. D., of Cleveland, 
Ohio. Here is a case for the state Medical Inspector, Anna Detrick of 
Ohio, to follow to a bitter end. Who is playing the leading role in the 
romance of Mother God’s disciples, of this famous band of criminal graft¬ 
ers? Who are the real vampires in Christian Science? 

Now, my political friends, come forth and fufill your political obliga¬ 
tions. As Christian men, no longer shield from the community these 
vicious criminal fixers of justice. These Christian Science cults live in 
fashion through the supposed master mind; these half-deluded brains say 
sickness is only a mortal error. If a man is shot through his heart then 
these miserable tyrant deceivers deny that a bullet did penetrate 
the poor fellow’s heart. Was this condition a mortal error or a vain 
conclusion of Mother God. My friends, who are wrongfully applying 
this self mastery of power? Who is doing our thinking? We hear before 
us contstantly these wailing Christian Science criminals. Day by day in 
every way, Justice is being crushed. 

What’s wrong Judge George Adams, of the Juvenile Court of Cleveland, 
Ohio? Are you being swayed with the Cleveland Christian Science politi¬ 
cal influence? Am I not sending home to you the Engelhart case that 
you tried in your court and you convicted the Christian Science practi¬ 
tioner Salem Hart, Jr., and the foster parents of little George Engelhart 
for the brutal Christian Science treatment? After the conviction of this 
case the Christian Science attorney carried the case to the Ohio Supreme 
court, and now the Supreme Court reverses the case for retrial and you 
sir, refuse the State of Ohio to reopen the said Engelhart case again. 
May I ask you, sir, why is it that you are refusing the State of Ohio in 
trying this case over again? Why so sudden a change in your court? It 
might be well pointed out that you are loaning to the support of this 
criminal band of grafters. I want to lay stress to the fact that the lady 
a'uthor feels quite well acquainted with Judge Adams’ special trick of 
justice, in failing to comply with his official duties. Who is yielding to 
souls? The author is incensed, as well as the public, for this laxity of 
Justice. Who is laying the ground work for all of this future Christian 
Science trouble? No, Mr. Adams, this poor little unfortunate orphan, 
George Engelhart, was not your blood. This is a most striking feature of 
Judge Adams’ vindictive voice. He is unpleasant when he speaks. In fact 
one is strengthened by his clever political tongue, in passing the trick. 
He is cold and hard-boiled. He will well remember when the lady author 
was interested in the little girl by the name of Mary Louise Brown, a 


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little daughter of Reo Brown, a questionable character, who separated 
Marcus Hanna, Jr., from his family. She later married Mr. Hanna, of 
Cleveland, Ohio. I would like to ask Judge Adams what became of this 
so called mysterious case of the little girl, who was living with her mother 
under the immoral conditions that existed in her home, which were later 
proven in court. Judge Adams was the safety valve in this camouflage of 
the little child in question. The witnesses in this Reo Brown’s case were 
seeking for justice which this coward resented. Judge Adams had 
no respect for the lady witnesses who were involved, in this famous case 
of the little Mary Louise Brown who is now a daughter of Marcus Hanna, 
Jr., of Cleveland, Ohio. 

Who is sworn to protect the brains of this confidence gang? Judge 
Adams should not be shocked to hear the voice of the lady author, in 
making history of this political camouflaged system. 

Who is under fire and censure? Judge Adams was the main spokes¬ 
man in the case against Mrs. Marcus Hanna, Jr., whose husband was the 
son of Dan R. Hanna? and grandson of the late United States Senator 
Marcus A. Hanna of Ohio. 

Judge Adams, the lady author well realized when you gave her a card 
of introduction to Carl F. Shuler, now an assistant to the Law director 
Paul Lamb of Cleveland, Ohio, in which you cautioned me not to tell 
any one that you had recommended the said Carl F. Shuler as my attorney 
to represent me in the said Hanna case; Adams! you double crossed the 
writer, as you well knew that Carl Shuler and young Marcus A. Hanna 
were friends. 

Who has aroused public opinion in this said case? When Reo Brown, 
now Mrs, Marcus A. Hanna, was arrested for aiding to the delinquency 
of her little daughter in which petitions were signed by Cleveland’s lead¬ 
ing, representative people, asking that this undesirable Mrs. Marcus A. 
Hanna be removed from the respectable neighborhood, the signed peti¬ 
tions were sent to the safety director Benesch of Cleveland, then they 
were taken to the honorable Newton D. Baker, the former Mayor of 
our City of Cleveland, Ohio, for action, thus to the Cleveland police de¬ 
partment, who closed up the house. Then moving to a number of different 
places in the City of Cleveland they were always driven out. Judge 
Adams, you well know these are the facts; you cannot dispute my words 
in this said Mrs. Marcus Hanna’s case. 

Mr. Tom Lewis, a probation officer in your office, told the lady author 
on several occasions that I had been framed by Hanna’s “Millions,” 
Adams, you very well know that when this said Hanna case was called 
for trial William Boyd, the attorney, representing Mrs. Reo Brown Hanna, 


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209 


and Carl P. Shuler, and you, Judge of the Juvenile Court, refused the 
admittance of the 15 witnesses that were called against Mrs. Marcus 
Hanna; you also barred the police report, on this said house of questionable 
characters. After a closeted conference with-you and the other two at¬ 
torneys who were friends of Marcus A. Hanna, you came out and announc¬ 
ed to the witnesses that you had decided to let the little daughter of Mrs. 
Reo Brown Hanna go to a sister of hers in Akron, Ohio, for safe keeping 
until you could legally adopt the little girl into some respectable home. 

Now, my friends, listen to my story. The Hanna child never went out 
of the City of Cleveland. Marcus A. Hanna Jr. spirited the little girl 
back into the Reo Brown home, while Hanna was still living with his own 
family out on Cedar Rd., Cleveland. Mr. Marcus A. Hanna was then 
a father of four dear little children. Shame on decent society! 

Again I call your attention, Judge Adams, Mrs. W. E. Jonke, a club 
woman of Cleveland whose husband is president of Bradstreet; did not 
she point her finger in your face and say to you, “ Adams, how much 
money did Marc Hanna give you?” Carl Shuler said to the lady 
author, “I am indeed very sorry but I cannot assist you any farther in 
the case as I am a friend of Marcus Hanna. ’ ’ Shuler said to me, ‘ ‘ Didn’t 
Judge Adams tell you that Marcus Hanna was a very good friend of 
mine ? ” I was paralyzed; I said to Shuler. ‘ ‘ This is a very late hour in the 
day to tell me such a strange thing.” I asked Attorney Shuler what I 
owed him for his legal services in this mysterious case; he glanced at me 
and said, “That has all been taken care of.” “What,” exclaimed the lady 
writer, “I can’t quite understand sir, as I always pay my own bills and 
obligations.” Who was doubled-crossed? 

Fred Grabien, an attorney, helped in shielding this Brown woman, 
now Mrs. Marcus Hanna. He made a mistake through a fit of anger 
and he yelled out in probation Lewis’s court, and called the lady author 
vile names for which he was sued for $25,000.00 for damage through his 
slanderous voice. The said case was taken to court, the lady author being 
vindicated and securing a judgement against said Fred Grabien, a pal 
of Marcus Hanna. 

Judge Adams, who holds this specific information of your court, of 
these startling revelations of this interlocked social and political life' 
in Cleveland, Ohio. Who is dizzy with Marcus Hanna’s millions of dol¬ 
lars ? Who is gambling behind closed doors ? Who was the real fixer and 
tester of this part of your political equipment? This is the author’s bulletin 
of Judge Adams’ political trickery. 

Who’s who, Oh! Adams of Justice, Oh! Judge of Mystery, the lady 
author has trailed you through your years of political mystery. 


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The lady writer will now give to the public the Doxology as sung 
by the Christian Science criminal band, as supplied from the church 
manual of the First Church of Christ Scientist, of Boston Mass.: 

“Cleanse the lepers, cast out demons, heal the sick and raise the dead. 

Be thou Oh God, exalted high; 

And as thy Glory fills the sky; 

So let it be on earth displayed; 

Till thou art here and now obeyed. 

The authors interpretation of Mother God’s Doxology, Mrs. Eddy. 

“Be thou Oh Mother God, be exalted high, 

And as thy glory fills the sky with Mother God, Mrs. Eddy, 

So let it be on earth displayed as by Mother God, Mrs. Eddy 

Til thou art here and thus obeyed by our own Mother God, Mrs. Eddy. ’ ’ 

Christian Scientist please go preach thy kingdom and heal the sick free. 

Who are the custodians of this criminal organized band of grafters? 
\ r ou demons of hell! 

Finis 

Who is bowing to these gods of Christian Science? Homes have been 
broken, families separated, their lives ruined by the scandalous teachings, 
and associates of the so-called Christian Science. 

It is a poisonous germ and a tragic death. People are driven to suicide 
and divorce by putting their faith into the claims of the so-called Christian 
Science religion. 

The speaker can furnish proof of the daily life and teachings of Mary 
Baker Eddy. 

Christian Science claims that the blind can see, the lame may walk, the 
deaf may hear and those that have grey hair may have its natural color 
restored through the everlasting spirit of Mother God—Mrs. Eddy. 

When one goes insane his reason returns to him through the Christlike 
mind of Mrs. Eddy. 

Who is concealing the facts of the brutal torture and murder of the 
speaker’s sister? This question I would like to present to Mr. Francis 
Kavanagh whom I find in these modern days, a classic demon, for the un¬ 
lawful methods that he pursues in our courts. 

I have picked him as my special instrument. He has an oversupply of 
egotism. He assumes the power of the Almighty. God knows he should 
be pitied for his crippled brain. He has assisted in these brutal crimes. 
He has found his opportunity at hand to make the dollars out of the evil 
teachings of his Mother God—Mrs. Eddy. 

He has some system embodying his criminal procedure. 

Francis, in your wild rush for money, you do not consider the serious- 


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211 


ness of your potential mania. All you are seeking is the color of the dollar 
bill. 

Christian Science claims that when people die, they merely pass on, 
that they develop a different atmosphere of the Mother God’s spirit and 
of her heavenly universe while only those that are really saturated in 
Christian Science love can enjoy the world beyond. 

How can Christian Science contradict the Bible? Their Science is a 
religion of hallucinations. Christian Science claims that it can heal disease 
after it has denied that disease has existence. 

If disease has no existence there is nothing to heal. The “Devil” 
has registered in full line—Mr. Kavanagh, do you realize that Christian 
Science practitioners have stolen millions of dollars from their poor inno¬ 
cent victims? Yet, you call this Christianity. You! a devout worshipper in 
the Christian Science band, while you calmly stand by and see the poor 
souls being massacred. 

Christian Science! It has taken away our Lord and we know not where 
it has laid him. 

Who are salvaging our humanity? Kavanagh well knows that these 
divine Christian Science practitioners all take medicine for their various 
ailments. 

A maid who was employed in the home of one of Cleveland’s 
leading healing apostles told me that in this home was concealed a com¬ 
plete assortment of drugs. Of course this included those much hated sugar 
coated pills, the taking of which manifests mortal error, according to the 
teachings of Mother God. 

My friends, I have reviewed with interest many specimens of tumors, 
gall-stones and other vital organs of the human body that our good doc¬ 
tors have extracted from these perfect children of Mother God, while they 
swear our doctors to secrecy. 

Awaken our good Christian physicians and help to save innumerable 
lives by helping to rid our country of this menace! 

Christian Science says any one who accuses their cult is a malicious 
accuser. Who are these malicious accusers? The victims of these flagrant 
and unlawful acts. 

Christian Science is using its political strength as a weapon to shame¬ 
fully abuse Christianity. They penalize those who interfere with their 
financial organization. They even try to silence the voice of the pen by 
their vicious methods. Is it not a shame to so throttle our courts ? 

Oh doctors! show your human sympathy, unlock your sealed lips and 
tell the world the truth. 

One of Cleveland’s leading doctors has recently operated upon a 


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Cleveland unristian Science practitioner for gall stones. This doctor was 
sworn to secrecy. 

Mrs. Kees, a Christian Science practitioner, whose residence and office 
number is 12543 Lake Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, was arrested by the 
County Coroner, Dr. Hammond, for the death of a little girl who was 
suffering from a contagious disease. The child w r as treated by Mrs. Kees,. 
who is the wife of William F. Kees, an attorney with offices in the Society 
for Savings Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. 

Kees is an associate attorney of M. J. Walther, a Christian Science 
representative of the Ohio State Assembly. 

He is a child of “Mother God,” Mrs. Eddy’s perfect man. He also is 
helping to corrupt our good state of Ohio, a parasite, a Nemesis to our 
state. Attorney Kees represented his wife in the trial. Kees, a Cleveland 
man, protects his wife in her criminal practices. 

The “Bar Association” of Cleveland should disbar the said Attorney 
Kees because of his criminal abuses upon the public. 

Did some one say, ‘ ‘ Ask the woman inside ? ’ ’ 

This presumptive evidence of the so-called Christian Science constitu¬ 
tional religious rights, is a violation of our laws. Will our Christian peo¬ 
ple not plead for the unity of our souls and the end to this crime? 

The doctors too, are supporting these criminals. Their closets are 
infected with the oriental spiritual power. Dr. Tanner of Cleveland, Ohio, 
testified in court that his large practice consists of Cleveland’s leading 
Christian Science practitioners, while the latter lay upon the operating 
tables at the hospitals getting relieved from their claims of mortal error. 

Where are the Christian doctors of this great democracy? Bernard H. 
Weinberg, a Jewish disciple, contends that he is Mother God’s perfect Jew, 
a man. He has doubled his vision into the money kingdom. 

A Hebrew! yet a Christian Science spirit; office with and a pal of 
Arthur W. Marriott, the criminal Christian Science practitioner of the 
Fidelity Mortgage Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. 

A spineless Jew! who is grasping the prosperity that is assured in 
the Christian Science field of opportunity? Another pal of the said 
Arthur W. Marriott—Dr. F. C. Lee, a former grafter and M. D. with an 
Ohio State medical license, also had his office with the Christian Science 
practitioner, traveling under the hidden deception of a doctor for the 
sole purpose of signing death certificates for the said Marriott and other 
numerous practitioners, so to speak. 

The law requires a doctor to sign the death certificate before the un¬ 
dertakers can remove the said victim’s body for burial. 

The said Dr. F. C. Lee, a licensed Cleveland physician, detective’s 


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213 


full report discloses that the said doctor had left the State of Ohio as an 
arrest was wanting for him during the wholesale arrest of the Christian 
Science practitioners. 

He sought refuge neath southern skies. In the wee hours of the night 
he left, going to Hawktown, Florida; in hiding from the State 
officials. Through his human impulses he was a business partner of the 
Christian Science criminal Arthur W. Marriott. He was used as a paid 
tool to sign death certificates. Let us see, Dr. Lee. In 1921 you held a 
physicians license in the state of Ohio. Your office and residence were at 
1250 Carlyon Road. You were also listed as a Christian Science practitioner 
with offices at 612 Euclid Avenue, which address is the Clarence Bldg. 

The telephone directory, issued in September-1922, discloses the fact 
in June 1923, you were now associated with Dr. C. B. Thomas at 2022 East 
105th Street, Cleveland. 

Here is another case for the State Medical Board of Ohio, which should 
act in this case of criminal graft. 

In consideration of my many doctor friends, I hereby pledge my oath 
regarding the said activities of Dr. F. C. Lee and Robert W. Williams 
with offices at 2696 West 25th Street, Cleveland, Ohio. 

To correct the great evil of this so-called C. S., swoop down upon all 
these massive Christian Science churches and sue for heavy damages for 
death. 

Who is being demoted and who is being promoted ? 

A saleslady in the Ames Company, Cleveland, Ohio, recently told the 
writer of a remarkable Christian Science claim. 

She said she had demonstrated the truth through Mother God— Mrs. 
Eddy, but upon my persistent inquiry, she told me, that Dr. Hamann the 
leading surgeon of Cleveland Charity Hospital had operated on her claim. 
In fact, the doctor removed all disease organs from her poor afflicted body. 
She recovered and was able to work again—another remarkable demonstra¬ 
tion of surgery. 

This is a faithful saying “Jesus came into the world to save sinners .’ 9 
I feel that I am the chief messenger in delivering this great ultimatum. 

Mrs. Eva L. Pumphrey with offices in the Guardian Bldg., was also 
arrested by the County Coroner Dr. Hammond for her brutal Christian 
Science treatment of a little girl, who recently died of diphtheria. 

The said Christian Science practitioner, on the day of trial, was repre¬ 
sented by Attorney Francis B. Kavanagh and our state representative M. 
J. Walther, who is the ideal of secrecy and who is devoted to the idea of 
Mother God’s perfect child. Who is loaning to the aid and support of these 
criminals ? 


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Christian Science Exposed 


Mr. Stanton, the weird Prosecutor, raps the Association for Criminal 
Justice. He says it bases its reports on false impressions. 

Jim Cassidy, Mr. Stanton’s assistant shares in the public criticism. 
There seems to be something strange about justice in the County Prosecu¬ 
tor’s office. 






Court Decision 


the Suijrcmrf Court of the 
in the case where'. 

’V r the crime of polviramv; 

' 9 S bat , constitution i 

^ relhrious freedom &ud he ■had*; 
two wires* according- to a reTicioui 
■jeiVnionv anc ( yader religious sanction)’* j 

The court held that religion had ’ 
only to do with the relations of man- 
to ‘an extra-mundane . being” and 
that rur citizen can .claim a right in- 
the name of religious freedom to 
violate criminal statute. \ , 


Who voted “Not Guilty?” These are the facts. 

Who is being tempted by the evil influence of these directors of the so- 
called Christian Science? 

Mr. Stanton, your justice is a bargain, if it works. Voltaire says 
“Guess again.” 

Am I not making human history through the glimpse of the false 













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215 


aspect of political influence? Mr. Stanton, don’t wink at the truth, as I 
shall ask you to repeat to the public the oath of office which you took: “I 
solemnly swear to uphold the Constitution of the United States and the 
State of Ohio, and perform the duties of my office faithfully, so help me 
God!” Section 2916 of the Ohio Code says “The Prosecuting Attorney 
shall have power to inquire into the commission of crime within the 
county and shall prosecute on behalf of the State—all complaints, suits and 
controversies in which the state is a party.” 

Mr. Stanton, this passive condition as conveyed through that one 
Christlike mind, the brutalities of these hypnotic performances, presents a 
scene that is impresive. 

Who will pay tribute to our dead heroes? Who will drape their 
caskets with Christian love? Who is buying human blood? You have 
double-crossed the author in the death of her sister. Who and where are 
the Christian men in this great democracy? These are the magnificent 
estimates of the author. 

Mr. Stanton, it is a common gossip on the streets of Cleveland that Sir 
Francis B. Kavanagh, the Christian Science leading attorney just camps 
on the steps of the County Prosecutor’s office. Truly, there is no resistance 
offered in Mr. Stanton’s office. What is the philosophy of your justice? 
The Ohio Supreme Court rules:—“Manslaughter is killing done either 
upon sudden quarrel or unintentionally, while the slayer is in the com¬ 
mission of some unlawful act. Johnson vs. State 66 0. S. 59. 

Who will purify this odious condition in Mr. Stanton’s office ? ’ ’ 

The author has watched police Prosecutor Lee Skeel’s methods. When 
a criminal case is called by the police clerk in criminal court for trial, the 
said Lee Skeel has decided the case behind his closed office doors. 

When this general in command of justice comes out of his haunt and 
whispers to the Court “No papers,” friends, this means some pour soul 
has perished at the hands of the said Lee Skeel. This is the system em¬ 
bodying his criminal procedure. God pity the poor victims who have no 
money, no friends. 

Is there no God, no hope, no hereafter? 

Who is Mother God’s perfect child? 


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Christian Science 
Practitioners 

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BeKord Mra Anna SchotteM bdg_'.Main-3045 # 

Brannon J A Osborn bdg. ...... .Prospect-1203 

Brooks Miss Anna C A C bdg.__Pro^ect-347 " 

l»ro\»n .Mrs Ray G Bulkley bdg.. .Cherry-2428 
Burr Mrs Ida E Schofield bdfe..... .Mam-5050 
Carleton Miss Clara B 8208 CarnegJeCedar-2691 

Carrel Harriet A Schofield bdg.Main-3854 

Carroll Mrs Burnetta D Osborn bdg. .Prospect-809 
Christian Science Beading Rm Lkwd 

15106 Detroit av.Lakewood-3^79 
Christian Science Reading Rm 

Archwd & W 25tb. Lmcoire-SSba 
Christian Science Reading Boom 

1st Church Guardian bdg. Main-3417 
Christian Science Reading Room 

Second Ch Annex of Euclid bdg. Prospect-800 
Christian Science Reading Room 

Fourth Church 1917 B 105tb.6arfld.25 
Christian Science Reading Room 

Fifth Church 1440 W 68thiHem!ok«2414 
Church Mrs Emma Guardian bdg.. i. .Main-3484 
Clarke Mrs Winifred Ibos ' v 

364 Colonial Arc.Cterry-lbb9 
Cline Miss Anna Bulkley bdg. Main-5974 

Conners Nellie W 1968 B 82d..»Vi ♦Cetta’?220. 
Cook Mrs Jennie MCA C bdfr. «viPrt«pectr.S5b 
Cottle Miss F M C8 ‘ V- t-K ?•«* *->;>.! • 
Fidelity Mortgage bdg.Cb»ry-1118 
Cotton Mrs Jennie 2 786 E ,53d. .RahtHph-55 53 
Crawford Mrs Georgina 513 Schofld bcfeMain-^Oi^ 

Do Lloyd Mrs Anna Tracy j- £ 

Downs Mrs Zua R Schofield 
Drach Henry Fidelity Mortgage bdg.Cnerty-LllS. 
Duer Mrs Clara Craig Schofield .,MzJn-2032- 
Duer Harry B Schofield bdg....... ,Kajn-2032 

Ely Danl M Osborn bdg........;. .Pr»pect-1246 

Fitzpatrick Mrs Lida W.C A Cbdg.. .Prospect-215 
Ford Mrs Mabel 1423 £ llltb. CWar-178b* 
Gage Mrs Harriet W Schofield bdg7. Malf»'-ltl3; 
Oarlock Mrs Eva Sargent Bulkley bdg. Mailt-1352 
Geis Harriett E 11519 Carolina rd..Cedtf*2L7I 
Goodrich Mrs Adda El 15607Detroit.UkeWdV37j2^ 
Gross 0 Jf 9401 Lake. . v. 

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Harrison Thomas Paul Bulkley bdg-1 Chcrty-2 428 - 
Hart Salem. A Jr 0$bom bdg , A.\> Prospect -277 ' 
Heller Louis A Bulkley bdg • • • Main-5419 1 

Heller Miss M’Llss Bulkley bdg.. Jk'J . MaitV-5419 
HeUer OUve A Bulkley bdg.,. .'.*::./.*Main-5419 
Herman Mrs Mary Clark Osbora bdg. PrcWptci-feSZ 
Hoffman Mrs Margaret E <r.'S*; .A ,;7;. 

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Huston Miss Kathryn Bose bdg..... Y €fe>rry-133B 

Johnson Stuart B Osborn bdg.. .Prospect* 1084 
Jones Mrs Lillian F Osboro bdg. .rProsptft-1203. 
Jones Wayne C Schofield bdg.. ..y;7<MMnrt>0§2 
Keller Adel Parker Osborn bdg.. 

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Keller Miss Anna E • &' a L 

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Krause Mrs Caroline E Athletic bdg..Prospect-347 
Kricdeman H 2157 Bicbland a?... .Lakewd-3444 
Krum Mrs Anna M 

Fidelity Mortgage bdg.Main-1149 
LaV&ck Mrs Sadie V 1891 E 101st.. .Cedar-372 

Lehman Miss Ella Bulkley bdg..Main-5974 

Libbey Miss Vinnietta J Osborn bdg.Prospect-1437 
Marriott Arthur W 

Fidelity Mortgage bdg.Cherry-257b 
Maurer Eunice F 2014 E 105tb...-Cedar-3329 
McCutehen Mis Georgia M 

A 2003 Ashbury av. Cedar-1521 
Merrell Mrs Ella S Osborn bdg... .Prospect-1437 
Meyer Joseph-.F Hippodrome Annex, . Main-b21 

Miller Bditb Hart Schofield bdg.Main-4029 

Miller Mrs Margaret J 

_■:/ Fidelity. Mortgage bdg. Main-6263 

MLller Mrs Rhoda Dunlap 8501 Euclid. Cedar-459 
Moore Mrs Carolyne M Osborn bdg. . Prospect-971 

Moore Mrs Mabel L Bulkley bdg.Main-1352 

Moort Mrs Margaret M Osborn bdg. Prospect-1203 
Morgan Mrs Bertha 7102 Carnegie. Randlpb-7637 
Murawsky Miss J A 

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Nebbut Frederick W Hanna bdg... . .Cherry-734 
Nebhut Mrs M Francis Hanna bdg... .Cherry-734' 
Nitsebise Alfred B Osbdra bdlg.. . .Prospect-971 
Parr Mrs Blanche B v ' 

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Peters Albert M) Bulkley bdg........ Main-1380 

Plagenz W F 1384 B ll2tk..>*... Cedar-2b% 
PratrBlma 2.014 BiOKth. . .Cedar-3329 
Pumphrey Mrs Eva\L Crf&rdlaii' b&... .Main-3484 
Kahaiing Mrs BoseUa N 1240Emth.Cedar-lS37 
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Rosslter Mrs Gertrude Ely 

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wat» Mrs m W V 

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Walker Mrs Lydia A 14740 B^d.. .Eddy-1105 
White Mrs Metta « Oshom b%. .Prospect-2828 
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217 



ANDREW B.DOUONE.RTY 

ATTORNEY OtNERAL 

SAMUEL. DEWITT PEPPER 


State of Michigan 

Attorney General’s Department 
Lansing 

April 15, 1923. 


ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS GENERAL 

CLARE RETAN 
JAMES A GREENE 
HENRY S. SWEENY 
J ERNEST CONVERSE 
H VICTOR SPIKE 
ERNEST C SMITH 
O. L .SMITH. 

OONALD W SESSIONS 
CARL D MOSlER 
HOMER H.OUAY 


Mrs* E*B* flora Gon, 

P*0. Box. 35, 

Cleveland, Ohio. 

Bear Madam: 

Your letter of the 2nd instant, written to 
the Governor of this State, has been referred to this De¬ 
partment for further attention. 


verse. 


This natter has been assigned to Mr. Con- 


V/e note that you expect to be in Michigan 
sometime during the latter part of April. If you desire, 
you may call and talk this matter over with him. In the 
meantime we will endeavor to get information that we de¬ 
sire from other sources. 


Yours very truly. 


JKC/S 


■ X ... . < A ' 4 • ' 

Deputy Attorney General. 







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Christian Science Exposed 


BERNARD O. MYERS 

SicncTARv or r«t Commohwcalth 


r *fisi$sss* • 


Office or THE 

Secretary of tmb Commonwealth. 

HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 


E.3.?»ora-Gon, 

Cle v eland,Phio. 

Dear Sir:-Ir. reply to your letter of June POth, 
permit me to «ay/that there is no law in this State "grant¬ 
ing the Christian Science Practitioners the right to charge 
for their services the same as physicians do*" 

On the contrary, the Supreme Court that the prao- 
tice of Christian Science healing amounts to the practice 
of medicine and that the practitioners should therefore 
qualifiy by taking the prescribed examinations'fiOT; phy¬ 
sicians and surgeons, SeeFirst Church of Christ,Scientist, 
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Reports,vol*205,page 54 % 


Sincerely yours. 







Christian Science Exposed 


219 


01 eve 1 and, Ohi o, 
December-18th, 1922, 


Eon.- 'John G. Price, 
Attorney-General, 
State of Ohio, 
Columbus, Ohio. 

Dear Honorable Sir: 


•2he undersigned, sometime 


ago, has called your attention to a criminal 
mattey which was being handled thru the County 
Prosecutor attorney of Cuyahoga County, Cleve¬ 
land, Ohio. It further developed that Mr. 
Stanton I s inaction was due to the fact that the 
case- of State of Ohio vs..Marriott instituted 
in the Municipal -Court of Cleveland was pending 
in the court of Appeals, on error. Because of 
the pendency of the aforesaid case in the court 
of Appeals I have done, nothing further in the 
matter, but the defendant Marriott.has dismissed 
this case in' the -court of Appeals and by his ac¬ 
tion the 4^h.gment of the Municipal Court of 
Cleveland stands. 


I, therefore, request that 


you direct County Prosecutor, Mr.•Stanton, Cuya¬ 
hoga County, Cleveland, Ohio, to take some ac¬ 
tion in the case of the death of my sister, Alta 
C. NoraGon. 


Trusting that you will take 


some action in this matter and t ranking you in 
advance, I beg to remain 


Very truly yours. 


1969 Si. 81st Street. 







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221 


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Christian Science. Exposed 


FH-stTw." DECEMBER 20fC ; 



Christian Scfence Trustees 
Would Stop Officers’' 
Removal. 


BOSTON, Dec. 19.—The controversy 
between the directors of the First 
Church of Christ, Scientist (Mother 
Church) of this city, and the trustees 
of the Christian Science Publishing So¬ 
ciety, came before the supreme court 
again today. It was this court which 
recently returned a decision that the di¬ 
rectors had power to remove the trus¬ 
tees. 

A counsel for the trustees. Sherman 
Whipple, (lied a petition with the court 
for an injunction to prevent the direc¬ 
tors from removing the trustees pend¬ 
ing the, determination of issues that still 
lie between them. Reference was made 
to an exchange of notes between the 
parties, including letters from the board 
of directors to trustees Herbert Eustace 
and Paul Hafvey calling upon them to 
appear, at a hearing today to show 
cause why their places should , not be 
declared vacant. . 

In the letter to Eustabe it was as- 
'tterted .that there had-beaa-fftttuas' to 
fill the place as trustee of Lamont How¬ 
lands, which was at issue originally; 
that Eustace .and his associates had 
mismanaged 'the affairs of the .society 
to such an extent that the pald_circula- 
tipn of the Christian Science Sentinel, 
Christian Science Journal and Christian 
Science Monitor had declined between 
Jan. 31.. 1919. and Dec. \ 1921. respec¬ 
tively 75.pfer cent., 75 per cent., and 80 
per centA - 

The net earnings of the society. It 
was said, had failed - from 
$500,000 a year to "less than noth¬ 
ing.;* It was charged further that 
there had been wasteful and 
iul use made of the society s funds 
and that the trustees had lrefuaed to 
payw-over to the treasurer of tne 
church any profits since the period 
ended March. 1919. .. , - • ..* 

The plaintiff trustees in their petl- 
tk>n assert that there exist no facts 
which warrant their removal from 
office: that the charges in the letter 
are either frivolous and baseless or 
insufficient to warrant such action as 
is threatened: that the defendant di¬ 
rectors cannot constitute a fair trl * 
bunal to determine the question in¬ 
volved. • * , . 

The trustees, however, it is stated, 
‘do not desire, under existing cir¬ 
cumstances. to continue to hold their 
office. They Intend and desire only 
that they may lay down their trust 
in an orderly manner under the Juris- 
diction and direction, of this court 
and that a decree' be entered dis¬ 
charging them from the trust and 
appointing their successors after an 
lamination of their stewardship and 
accounts.” * 

The court ordered the petition set 
f<>r a he a r i rvc tomorrow morning. 



Acute;T*er!tomti^S 

'Christian Science •>,%.- 


(Staff CcrresTgjyiaaca of-Jfre. $3^3^ \ 
Hamilton/ je5i7/30Vv — “.We ijud 
^hat Miss Hat/ Cornfold.. aged ,39, 
H atnc to her death by causes de¬ 
rived by our doctors, but feel that 
afl she had.the treatment prescrib¬ 
ed-by Dr. Oliver.her life might have 
een spared," was the verdict of a 
ry which investigated the death of 
Itss Kate Cornfold tonight at the 
tetqt End Police Station. Coroner 
Simpson presided, f 

It was shown that faiss Cornfold 
had been 1 treated by a Christian 
Science healer, who, when she con- 

tlnuprl In gmy,..«.-nry OOHcdinDf. 


James Oliver. Dr. Qlive"r urgea tfigj 
ht’dung wpmao‘,to ^go_ to ^he hospital. 
5und informed her that her condition 
*was critical, but she rejeoted this 
advice.- The following day she died 
of acute peritonitis. When giving 
.the case to: theory. Coroner Simp*. 

' said: “There is 'one tfuestlofCto 
which you should ret urn, ah "answer, 
^t . la: Did this young* woman-have 
p. chance for’’life/hud she reqeiVvu 
treattpent that 'could ' have .been 
iyen lit thCilladit of modern medi¬ 
al science •.//.. 

V Douglas Spencer, a' Christian 
efrce healer, stated"* that When Miss 
Cornfold became iU. .on- January, 17. 
ije was called'to attend hey.. . He- 
c’dntinued to treat her until January 
28. Her condition had- become 
jjsorse and he called in ,Dr. James 
Oliver, who urged her to go to the 
hi^pital. She declined to ,go to a 
hospital or to receive treatment at 
Dr.- Oliver's hands, as she had for¬ 
merly refused to be treated by a 
doctor * from the.' Imperial- v -Cottoh 
Company.where^'sRe was employed, 
January 24 she died and Dr. 
Oliver declined to issue a certificate 
showing the cause of deathi 

Aji autopsy disclosed the fact that 
the woman's appendix.wax ruptured, 
inducing acute peritonitis, which 
caused hey death 






























Christian Science Exposed 


223 



June 30,1922. 

E. B. Nora-Gon, 

Cleveland, Ohio, 

Dear Madame 

Your favor of the 27th inst, duly received and carefully 
read. I have also submitted the contents of your letter to the 
other members of this Court, and I an instructed by them to say 
that this Court cannot take any action whatever in this matter, 
for the reason that this Court only acts upon pleadings filed in 
this Court. It seems further that any action taken must necessarily 
begin in the courts of Cuyahoga county, and then be prosecuted to 
this Court for review after final judgment rendered in the courts 
of Cuyaioga county. 

Very truly yours, 



Chief Justice. 




224 


Christian Science Exposed 











Christian Science Exposed 


225 


THREATENS CHURCH 
WITH RECEIVERSHIP 

Court Will Name Officer if 
Trustee Appointment 
is Delayed. 


BOSTON, Dec. 30.—Judsre Crosby of 
the supreme court announced late today 
that unless the trustees of the Christian 
Science Publishing- Society and the di¬ 
rectors of the First cmurch of. Christ, 
Scientist, agreed' by next Tuesday upon 
a new trustee to succeed Lairfont Row¬ 
lands, Whose removal by the directors 
was upheld by the court recently, he 
. would- appoint A temporary receiver for 
■ the society. 

1 The receiver, he said, would not 
| necessarily *be of the Christian Science 
faith, but would be a person in whom 
; the court could repose confidence to 
i manage the society wisely and for the 
i best interest of the trust created by the 
t late Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy. 

| The announcement was made at the 
i close of a hearing on the validity of the 
; directors’ action earlier in the day in 
< announcing the removal of the two re- 
; maining trustees, Herbert W; Eustace 
: and • Paul Harvey. 

The trustees maintained that inas¬ 
much as they had *previously presented 
their resignations to the court, the di-. 
rectors no longer had jurisdiction. The 
' directors asked the court to appoint 
William P. McKenzie of Cambridge,. 
; George Wendell Adams of Boston arid 
1 James E. Patton of Boston as trustees. 

The court also ruled that John V. 
Dittemore, who claims that be was ille¬ 
gally removed from the board of direc¬ 


tors by his fellow members whose bill 
In equity seeking to compel them to 
recognize him as a member of the board 
is pending in the supreme court, might 
take part in a conference over the se¬ 
lection of a trustee to succeed Row¬ 
lands. 

ftherman L. Whipple, counsel for the j 
trustees, asked the court to appoint a i 
receiver to take charge of the publish-1 
mg society until the court had approved } 
the accounts of Trustees Eustace and 
Harvey, who would then resign and al- j 
low the court to name their successors. ! 

He said the trustees denied that the; 
removal of Eustace and Harvey by; 
the directors had been effective, but 
that this action had caused a doubt as 
to the legal authority of the trusteees 
in the administratio n of their trust. 

Build. Chwintian °Science College. 

' ST. LOUIS, July 6.-H2hristian Science 
leaders today announced that the con¬ 
struction of a $2,000,000 college near Si 
Louis is under way. It will be the flrsi 
-Christian Science college in the world 
.“directors say. ? v 


FIGHTS EXPULSICW* FROM CHURCH 

New York Lawyer Asks , Court to 
Compel Trustee* to Show Cnuse. 

NEW YORK, March- 10.—Supreme 
Court Justice Nevrberger today heard 
argurnerits in an action brought bv 
Walter Fairchild, a lawyer, to compel 
trustees of the First Church of Christ, 
Scientist, to show cause they should 
not be restrained from expelring him 
from membership in the church. 

The justice reserved decision after 
counsel for the trustees had agreed 
that action would be deferred after a 
hearing Monday of charges against 
Fairchild until the Injunction action 
was decided. 


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State of Michigan 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE 

ROLPH DUFF LANSING. 

Secretary to the Governor 

April 6, 1923. 


1 3y dear Madam: 

P 3iis is to acknowledge the receipt by 

Governor Groesbeck of your letter complaining 
that Prosecuting Attorney Cortright of Calhoun 
County wrongfully refused to issue at your re¬ 
quest a warrant against one Clare Robertson of 
Battle Creek. 

Your letter will be referred to the Attorney 
General for his attention. 

Very truly 


lira. 2. B. Uora-Gon, 
Box 35, 

Cleveland, Ohio. 

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YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO BE PRESENT AT A 


FREE LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE 


BY 


JOHN W. DOORLY. C. S. B. 


OF LONDON. ENGLAND 

MEMBER OF THC BOARD OF LECTURESHIP OF THE MOTHER CHURCH. 
THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST. SCIENTIST. IN BOSTON. MASS 


MONDAY. FEB. 19 
8:00 P. M. 


FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST. CLEVELAND 

COR. EUCLID AVE. AND EAST 93*0 ST. 


TUESDAY. FEB. 20 
8*00 P. M. 


{ 


THlRO CHURCH OF CHRIST. SCIENTIST. CLEVELAND 

WEST fcSTH ST. AND MAPLEDALE AVE. 


THURSDAY. FEB. 22 j FIFTH CHURCH OF CHRIST. SCIENTIST. CLEVELAND 
8 00 p. M. { FRANKLIN AVE. CORNER WEST 9BTH ST. 

WEDNESDAY NOON, FEBRUARY 21. AT 12:15 P. M. 

MR. DOORLY WILL OELIVER A 45 MINUTE NOONDAY LECTURE 
AT OHIO THEATRE, euclid avenue near itth street. 

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCHES IN CLEVELAND AND LAKEWOOD 




The Battle Creek Sanitarium 
Battle Creek Michigan 

April 6, 1923. 


Hiss E. B« Hora-Gon, 

Cleveland, Ohio. 

Dear Miss Mora--Gon: 

Your registered letter came today, and will say that some time ago 
I put your letter and its contents in the hands of Mr. J. T. Cleary, who 
was the Prosecuting Attorney before Mr. Cortwright took up his office. 

Mr. Cleary told me that,on account of the family relationship of his wife 
to Christian Science, it was not likely that anything would be done by 
Cortwright in the prosecution of this case. 

It would seem to me that this act of extortion of money by absent 
treatment, by writing letters through the mails, would best be handled 
through the federal act rather than to try to prosecute through a State 
_ law. 

iris very difficult' to get justice in a court of law, and especial 
with things that pertain to religio-medico subjects, tsaybe at some future 
""~timeTthe conscience of the law-makers will be aroused to the point 
where they will be willing to protect the public more thoroughly 
than at present. Until then all we can do is to try to arouse 
better public interest in laws, law-making, and law enforcement. 


Very truly yours 



HBK-h 


Harry B. Knapp, M. D 














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CHAfn . vl l.H I ft NO 


'•LBtR'r V CHILSON 


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H'a u * t it l\ 


May 19, 1922. 


>j mS& iiSZ '-Si 

.5 , 

Cleveland, Ohio.’ 

Dear Sirs* 

Answering yours of the 17 th lost., 
you are advised that the state of Miohigan has no 
law authorizing Christian Scientist practitioners to 
collect fees for treatment of the sick. 


Very respectfully. 



CWB*B 










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